Former MEND leader, High Chief (Dr.) Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has broken his silence nearly a month after the declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State, assuring that suspended Governor Siminalayi Fubara will return to office.
Tompolo made the declaration during his 54th birthday celebration on Saturday at the Aziza Temple in Gbaramatu Kingdom.
“People say I betrayed the Ijaw nation for not speaking about the removal of Governor Fubara. But I cannot betray the Ijaw people — I have spent my entire life fighting for them,” Tompolo declared.
He acknowledged his friendship with FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, stating that the Ijaw people played a role in Wike’s rise to power as governor of Rivers State. Tompolo, however, appealed to aggrieved Ijaws to rise above Wike’s controversial remarks about the Ijaw nation.
