{"id":81549,"date":"2021-06-03T17:23:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T16:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81549"},"modified":"2021-06-04T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2021-06-04T14:40:45","slug":"nddc-board-akpabio-in-delta-to-meet-tompolor-as-militants-insist-on-no-going-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nddc-board-akpabio-in-delta-to-meet-tompolor-as-militants-insist-on-no-going-back\/","title":{"rendered":"NDDC Board: Akpabio in Delta to meet Tompolor as Militants insist on &#8216;no going back&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is on his way to Oporoza, traditional headquartres of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to meet with General Officer Commanding, GOC, Niger Delta struggle, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, <a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1622823120757000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFAnfYIemIlA4b1Z0AP7J9Gm2dGrg\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0can confirm.<\/p>\n<p>Last Sunday, Tompolo gave President Muhammadu Buhari a seven-day ultimatum to inaugurate the governing board of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, a development that triggered fresh tension in the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A source said: \u201cHe is already in Warri, he is going to the creek to appeal to Tompolo\u00a0 to withdraw his ultimatum as regards the substantive NDDC board.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe move became expedient to protect critical national assets from being destroyed by militants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an exclusive meeting between the Minister, Niger Delta Amnesty Coordinator and Minister of Petroleum and Tompolo,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Meanwhile, a coalition of militant groups from the nine states of Niger Delta led by the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters, SEFF, yesterday, said: \u201cThere is no going back on the seven days ultimatum handed by the foremost ex-militant leader, Chief Government Ekpemukpolo alias Tompolo to constitute a substantive board for NDDC.<\/p>\n<p>To this end, SEFF has urged Akpabio to call off the stakeholders\u2019 meeting on the recent protests in the region and the looming rage over the NDDC\u00a0 issue.<\/p>\n<p>Niger Delta Volunteers for Good Governance, NDVGG, has also pledged its support to Tompolo on the ultimatum given to Federal Government to inaugurate a substantive board for NDDC or face adverse consequences.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, through the Permanent Secretary, had initiated moves to stop Tompolo, from fulfilling his threat of a catastrophe in the oil region if the government did not inaugurate the substantive board for the interventionist agency by June 6.<\/p>\n<p>An official of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, said: \u201cThe minister briefed the president on the demand by Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, which issued a 30-day ultimatum to government to inaugurate the board before Buhari\u2019s last trip to France.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe President asked the minister to wait only to behold another seven-day ultimatum by ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuhari cannot be forced to act because Tompolo issued a seven-day ultimatum, they should withdraw their ultimatum and wait for Mr President because action is being taken already on the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\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>Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, is on his way to Oporoza, traditional headquartres of Gbaramatu Kingdom in Delta State to meet with General Officer Commanding, GOC, Niger&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":81550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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