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WARRI —SOLDIERS have arrested suspected associates of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, in Warri, Delta State.
A dependable source said that two of them, including a member of Delta Waterways and Land Security Committee, DWLSC and ex-councilor were arrested by soldiers Tuesday morning. Many others were said to be on the run.

A source, who confirmed the arrest of Simon Bebenimibo and Bomboy Oluwa, said they were taken to the military barracks in Effurun.
Spokesperson of the Ijaw People Development Initiative, IPDI, Mr Daniel Ezekiel, condemned the military for allegedly breaking into the residence of the DWLSC member through the roof and arresting him without a court warrant.

He said: “We condemn the military action of breaking in through the roof of Simeon Bebenimibo's home without a court warrant to arrest him, an act that amounts to kidnapping and abduction.

“ This is barbaric, obnoxious and unlawful. The military has no such powers except empowered by a valid court warrant. It is sad and we are disappointed.

“ It is very disappointing and it is our demand that those military officers, who conducted themselves as kidnappers should be court marshalled.

“ Bebenimibo hails from Gbaramatu Kingdom and is a member of Delta State Waterways and Land Security Committee. The military invaded his home in Warri at 12.05 a.m., on Tuesday in three trucks in a commando fashion as if they were going to war.
“ In the process, they subjected his entire household, among them his little kid of five years, to a traumatic experience."

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/07/how-soldiers-nab-suspected-associates-of-tompolo/

BeeBeeOoh:


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Na national security matter be this bros. In situations like this you loose your rights.

jesu christi


what's wrong with these soldiers


he whose house is on fire dosnt chase rat


Nigerians should b more concerned in buharis impeachment

either by prayers, via native Dr., Amadioha, protest or petition him 2 God


they're busy arresting freedom fighters

i hope they have not arrested the Oporoza students as usual.

what was he expecting before? Was he thinking the soldiers would alert him before their arrival then after getting to his house, they knock on his door, he opens the door, then they come in and sit down with him and and start interrogating him? Nah! the military don't operate like that they carry out their operations with "force". And that's why they are called military forces. For the sake of his kids, he had better start spilling out everything he knows about tompolo before those torture deprived soldiers restrategize his body with brusies.

welcomed development

Lawless country. Are these men Tompolo or were they put on wanted list with Tompolo ? What can I say as long as the parasites are happy with this development

Arrest all the arrestables, how will someone under the facade of being a former militant boast of 37 billion naira in his ? Na so e easy?

Even the youths whose future are being shortchanged on daily bases will be here to shout witch-hunt.

May God deal ruthlessly with any youth who oppose the anti-corruption crusade in Nigeria.

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Cool. That's three in the bag in as many days- getting there.

sirthisthickkal:
what was he expecting before? Was he thinking the soldiers would alert him before their arrival then after getting to his house, they knock on his door, he opens the door, then they come in and sit down with him and and start interrogating him? Nah! the military don't operate like that they carry out their operations with "force". And that's why they are called military forces. For the sake of his kids, he had better start spilling out everything he knows about tompolo before those torture deprived soldiers restrategize his body with brusies.

Mind u...the police also have force attached to their name.. does it give them same powers too ..it's a national security because he is an Ijaw (Gbaramatu) man, is same thing happens or le me say dare to happen...ull cry to high heavens in the front pages of the dailies


As for the Ijaws.....fight for what you believe no matter what, no level of intimidation or military invasion should scare u

RZArecta:
Lawless country. Are these men Tompolo or were they put on wanted list with Tompolo ? What can I say as long as the parasites are happy with this development

bros you well so

He said: “We condemn the military action of breaking in through the roof of Simeon Bebenimibo's home without a court warrant to arrest him, an act that amounts to kidnapping and abduction.

“ This is barbaric, obnoxious and unlawful. The military has no such powers except empowered by a valid court warrant. It is sad and we are disappointed.



oqa.....na soldier dey talk ooh......dem no send court oooh....haha...human Right for Soldier front

Good news or bad?

[size=16pt]B00hari go and arrest the fulani herdsmen.

Leave the Niger Delta alone[/size]

Why not arrest tompolo is he greater than Nigeria Armed Forces? Why trouble his associates

omenka:
Cool. That's three in the bag in as many days- getting there.

Untill Tompolo is arrested. The soldiers gat no talk.

Nepotistic government indeed. Who will now arrest the associates of Aisha, dambazzu, and buruntashit?

Nepotistic government indeed.

RZArecta:
Lawless country. Are these men Tompolo or were they put on wanted list with Tompolo ? What can I say as long as the parasites are happy with this development

My brother, I tire for these castrated zombies o. Both the FG, NA and the zombies are wasting their time. Tompolo they will never see.

RZArecta:
Lawless country. Are these men Tompolo or were they put on wanted list with Tompolo ? What can I say as long as the parasites are happy with this development

They will arrest one farmer and give him Name.

Has it change d price of rice in the market..... Who d arrest help?

M0f0 now re the courts/law . . .

I'm a Yoruba man currently working in Warri. The Ijaws in these parts are a terrible lot. They terrorise people from other tribes and go around chasing businesses away in the name of community levies and fees even in non-ijaw communities. From koko to Escravos, Ijaws have been terrorising the itsekiris and other tribes. Jonathan's government really emboldened those criminals. They do not want to work but want money by force. Same thing they're trying to do in Lagos and Ogun after the NNPC shut down the pipeline they were always tampering with. With the way they behave, you would think they're the only tribe in the Niger Delta not knowing there are many other peace loving tribes here. And tompolo seems to be the symbol of this lawlessness the Ijaws are fond of. If we can arrest that guy and prove to the world that he's not invincible, maybe those criminals will mellow a bit.

Good development.....
Fire in the hole ......

duni04:
I'm a Yoruba man currently working in Warri. The Ijaws in these parts are a terrible lot. They terrorise people from other tribes and go around chasing businesses away in the name of community levies and fees even in non-ijaw communities. From koko to Escravos, Ijaws have been terrorising the itsekiris and other tribes. Jonathan's government really emboldened those criminals. They do not want to work but want money by force. Same thing they're trying to do in Lagos and Ogun after the NNPC shut down the pipeline they were always tampering with. With the way they behave, you would think they're the only tribe in the Niger Delta not knowing there are many other peace loving tribes here. And tompolo seems to be the symbol of this lawlessness the Ijaws are fond of. If we can arrest that guy and prove to the world that he's not invincible, maybe those criminals will mellow a bit.

They will soon become an endangered specie.

That's a given.

duni04:
I'm a Yoruba man currently working in Warri. The Ijaws in these parts are a terrible lot. They terrorise people from other tribes and go around chasing businesses away in the name of community levies and fees even in non-ijaw communities. From koko to Escravos, Ijaws have been terrorising the itsekiris and other tribes. Jonathan's government really emboldened those criminals. They do not want to work but want money by force. Same thing they're trying to do in Lagos and Ogun after the NNPC shut down the pipeline they were always tampering with. With the way they behave, you would think they're the only tribe in the Niger Delta not knowing there are many other peace loving tribes here. And tompolo seems to be the symbol of this lawlessness the Ijaws are fond of. If we can arrest that guy and prove to the world that he's not invincible, maybe those criminals will mellow a bit.

We gonna hunt and take down Tompoloo, he is a Terrorist.

I'm born and brought up in warri and have to say these ijaw boys for the past few years are beginning to constitute nuisance in the town..imagine leaving the riverine communities to drag land inside warri and environs...it would take time but soon they would bite more than they can chew...

sirthisthickkal:
what was he expecting before? Was he thinking the soldiers would alert him before their arrival then after getting to his house, they knock on his door, he opens the door, then they come in and sit down with him and and start interrogating him? Nah! the military don't operate like that they carry out their operations with "force". And that's why they are called military forces. For the sake of his kids, he had better start spilling out everything he knows about tompolo before those torture deprived soldiers restrategize his body with brusies.

correct talk! Na so it suppose to be, OP.