2015: Presidency Is Jonathan’s Right And He Will Get It – Tompolo

As intrigues and political horse-trading continue to trail preparations for the 2015 elections, President Goodluck Jonathan’s second term bid has been described as unstoppable.
Former leader of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo also known as Tompolo, made this declaration on Thursday at his country home, Oporoza, Delta State, at the grand finale of the 2013 Amasekumo annual festival.
Clad in white ritual apparel with a head gear, Tompolo, while fielding questions from journalists, averred that anybody attempt to stop Jonathan would amount to ‘something funny.
“What I want to say is that we are going to get 2015. Nobody will stop us; if anybody is trying to stop us, it means they are trying, maybe, to do something funny. This is our right and we are going to get it by the grace of God,” the former warlord affirmed.

On the pardon granted former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Deprieye Alamieyeseigha, Tompolo hailed the decision saying it was the most laudable thing President Jonathan had done for the people of Niger Delta, noting that God would reward him for it.
“I support Jonathan 101 per cent on the pardon given Alamieyeseigha. That is one of the greatest things that Jonathan has done for the people of Niger Delta and God will reward him for that. No amount of good one has done in this life that people will not criticize you. What Jonathan has done is to show that 20 per cent is for him, because Alamieseigha is one of the key leaders in the Niger Delta,” he noted.
Reacting to critics’ claim that the pardon was an endorsement of corruption by the presidency, Tompolo said, “The issue of corruption in this country has been there for a very long time. We need to get together and help Jonathan as a person because he is one of the best presidents  Nigeria has had”.
On oil theft, the ex-warlord said until the cabal behind the thieving is unmasked and dealt with, which he said, they were working on; the  business may ruin the nation’s economy.
“We are working on that. The issue concerns everybody not only the Niger Delta. It’s a cabal and we are working to break that cabal so that Nigeria will have peace. What we have is enough for everybody in this country,” Tompolo declared.
However, in a stance that runs contrary to popular views from the Niger Delta over the allegation that the largest percentage of oil blocs was owned by northerners, he responded:
“We are the owners of the oil and by God’s grace, we will get our fair share. As per oil bloc and northerners having the largest share, the truth is that we are all part of the country. What we have is for everybody.”