DEATH THREAT: Niger Delta militant leader Tompolo replies Festus Keyamo

Popular lawyer, Mr. Festus Keyamo, has alleged that
militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias
Tompolo, has threatened to kill him.
But Tompolo's Media Adviser, Mr. Paul Bebenimibo, swiftly
denied the allegation, saying his boss, after reading
Keyamo's letter to Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan over
Warri South-West LGA polls, "called him to say he should
stop dragging his name into the matter."
Dismissing Keyamo's allegation, Tompolo's media aide Mr.
Bebenimibo said: "Tompolo called him to ask him why he is
dragging him into a matter that he had no hand in because
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is a political party and
anything concerning the party should be discussed with the
governor, who is the leader of party."
He claimed that Keyamo had called Tompolo several times
in the past, requesting him to buy some property, but his
boss told him he had no money to buy property.
Mr Bebenimibo asked: "Why should Tompolo threaten
Keyamo? What for? Tompolo only told him to stop dragging
his name into what he knows nothing about."
In a petition to the Director General, Department of State
Services, DSS, and Inspector General of Police, Keyamo
claimed Tompolo called him at exactly 10.30p.m. on
Tuesday, October 28, and warned that he and his boys
would kill him over his letter to Governor Uduaghan, calling
for justice over the alleged substitution of the duly
nominated PDP chairmanship candidate, Mr. Weyimi
Omadeli, for Tompolo's brother, Mr. George Ekpemupolo,
in last Saturday's council polls.
The petition read: "I know the subject of this petition,
Tompolo, is a favoured citizen of this government, and I am
not. I know Tompolo is close to those in power at the
moment, whereas I am an ordinary citizen.
"I know Tompolo has money and influence, which are
factors that are widely acknowledged to aid a suspect walk
away with murder in Nigeria. But I have none of these. I
know Tompolo has instrument to kill human beings, and I
have none.
"In the circumstance, I am making this petition public so
that when you refuse to attend to my complaint and outcry,
the ordinary people of this country will, at least, know from
where my death came and I will not join the long list of
unresolved murders. My killer, should, at least be known.


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