High Chief Thomas Osen Ekpemupolo, 84-year-old father of ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo (Tompolo), is dead, the Gbaramatu Voice, (a community newspaper) has reported.
Ekpemupolo died in the early hours of today at Lily Clinic, Deco Road, Warri. This comes only weeks after soldiers allegedly brutalized him in Kurutie, Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State during a military siege against alleged Niger Delta Avengers in the community on May 28.
In an open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari last month, Tompolo had bemoaned “the rough treatment” his father received in the hands of the soldiers, which he said led to the amputation of his lower limbs in July.
“From the doctor’s report, it will be a thing of miracle if he survives this incident,” Tompolo, had wrote. He had remained underground since he was declared wanted by the Nigerian government in February.
“Is this 84 year old man also a member of the Niger Delta Avengers that they brutalized him to the point of death?” he had asked.
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