Long considered enemy number one of the Nigerian federal government, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, is still as popular as he is feared in his natal Niger Delta region. The founder of the armed Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), which attacked oil infrastructures between 2006 and 2009, rules over the band of pirates and traffickers active in the region plagued by pollution and insecurity.
At his discretion, Tompolo tells his troops which oil infrastructure to attack or to