Posted on: 06:20 Sat, 23 Jan 2016



Prominent Ijaw leader, Chief Edwin Clark, has
written a letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
on some issues troubling the Niger Delta,
including the ‘humiliation and harassment’ of
Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo
and the renewed bombing of oil installations in
the region.

Clark, in the letter dated January 22, 2016,
advised the president to address Tompolo’s run-
in with the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and the proposed scrapping
of the Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Warri
South West Local Government, Delta State.

Furthermore, the Niger Delta leader said it was
ludicrous that Tompolo, whom he described as a
civilised Nigerian, would consider engaging in
renewed bombing of oil installations in the
region, as was currently being circulated.

While affirming that the region produces the
bulk of the nation’s revenue, he wondered why
prominent individuals from the region were
being harassed by the government on a daily
basis.

He advised the president to beware of those
advising him, as many of them may not mean
well for his administration.

In the same vein, he urged the president to
severely deal with anyone caught in the act of
bombing oil and gas pipelines in the region.

“I totally condemn the vandalisation of oil and
gas pipelines and will give you 100 per cent
support for whatever action you take to bring
the culprits to book.

“It is with heavy heart that I decided to take
record of pipeline vandalisations that have taken
place within the last two years,” he stressed.