Three months after the military invaded his house, the father of
embattled ex-militant leader, High Chief Government Ekpemupolo alias
Tompolo, Chief Osen Ekpemupolo, is dead.
The 84-year-old Tunteriwei of Gbaramatu Kingdom died on Wednesday morning in Warri, Delta State.
A family source told our correspondents that Tompolo’s father died
yesterday at a popular Lily Clinic, after months of battling injuries
sustained from the alleged military invasion.
Tompolo’s spokesman, Paul Bebenimibo, confirmed the demise, saying
that the 84-year- old died as a result of injuries sustained during the
military expeditions into his community in Gbaramatu kingdom recently.
It was gathered that his health situation had been compounded by the
rough experience he was subjected to during the military expedition as
he was being moved from one place to another.
However, the ex-militant leader, Tompolo, in a strongly worded open
letter to President Muhammadu Buhari, dated 22nd of July 2016, raised
the alarm that the military invasion of the Kingdom had led to the
brutalisation of his aged father by the army which later led to the
amputation of his lower limb.
In the said letter, Tompolo had expressed fears that his father might
not survive the alleged severe military torture meted out on his aged
body.
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