Alleged military brutality: Wounded Tompolo's father dies

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.