Founder of Tantita Security Services and prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, has expressed confidence that the suspended Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara, will soon reclaim his office.
Tompolo made the declaration during his 54th birthday celebration held at the Aziza Temple in Gbaramatu Kingdom, Delta State, where he addressed a gathering of supporters, traditional leaders, and community stakeholders.
“I have sat on the throne of my father and all that is lost will return to glory,” Tompolo stated. “The Ijaws will never be a conquered people. If the Ijaw decide to go to war, even the heavens will join us.”
Affirming his track record, he added, “I have never fought a battle and lost.”
Tompolo urged his people to support President Bola Tinubu, describing him as a leader capable of delivering positive change to the Ijaw Nation.
“Let’s continue to support President Bola Tinubu. He will bring all the good things we desire. He is not a bad person,” he said.
On the contentious issue of ward delineation, Tompolo emphasized that the Ijaw and Itsekiri communities were not at war, noting that facts on the ground favor the Ijaw.
“The Gbaramatu town of Omadino is 40 years older than all Itsekiri communities,” he said. “Why fight someone older than you? They know that if you put all the Itsekiri towns together, they are not close to the population in Okerenkoko. INEC only revealed the truth.”
Addressing ongoing tensions in Rivers State and the political standoff involving Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nyesom Wike, Tompolo dismissed allegations that he had turned his back on the Ijaw cause by not speaking out earlier.
“Because I have not spoken, they say I have betrayed the Ijaw Nation. But I cannot betray Ijaw. I have spent all my life fighting for Ijaw,” he said.
He added that he had no interest in engaging in a war of words with political figures. “We have passed the stage of responding to Wike’s kind of statement. We are no longer at that level.”
Chief Ekpemupolo’s remarks come amid rising political tension and ongoing ethnic debates in the Niger Delta, especially concerning governance, representation, and electoral boundaries.
