{"id":39158,"date":"2015-06-04T16:12:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=39158"},"modified":"2015-06-04T16:12:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T15:12:53","slug":"i-did-not-receive-n1-5-billion-monthly-to-secure-waterways-says-tompolo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-did-not-receive-n1-5-billion-monthly-to-secure-waterways-says-tompolo\/","title":{"rendered":"I did not receive N1.5 Billion monthly to secure waterways says Tompolo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433426314952_21471\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpomupolo, also known as \u2018Tompolo\u2019 has denied allegationsthat he was paid N1.5billion monthly for the protection of Nigeria\u2019s waterways.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433426314952_21519\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0A statement by his media aide, Comrade Paul Bebenimibo, described Chairman of Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Alhaji Tijani Ramalan,who made the allegation \u00a0as an attention seeker.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433426314952_21525\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tompolo said Ramalan made very wild, unsubstantiated allegations against his person, asking the accuser to provide proof to buttress his claim.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div id=\"yiv9793352407div-gpt-ad-1390474335980-0\">\n<div>\u201cWithout any further stress, it is obvious that the said Ramalan is merely seeking an undue attention\u201d, he said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI make bold to say that Ramalan who claims to be the pioneer chairman of NIMASA is not just economical with the truth but his outburst is an exhibition of ignorance and mischief which should be ignored by all\u201d, he added.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433426314952_21524\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement said \u201cRamalan\u2019s contraption of any sum being paid to me is, therefore, rubbish, malicious, unsubstantiated and display of ignorance.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1433426314952_21521\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI can only pity such a man whose intention is perhaps to rubbish my name and needlessly drag me into the fray of disputes at a time the new government of President Muhammadu Buhari is barely one week in office.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpomupolo, also known as \u2018Tompolo\u2019 has denied allegationsthat he was paid N1.5billion monthly for the protection of Nigeria\u2019s waterways. \u00a0A statement by his media aide, Comrade Paul&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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