The suspected were arrested while they were allegedly moving some properties from Tompolo’s jetty near the Chevron Clinic in Edjeba community in the Warri South Local Government Area of the state.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a naval officer, Usman Shaibu, alongside two other suspects identified as Okugbe Lucky and Chime Chukwuka for allegedly stealing multi-billion naira properties owned by Chief Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, former Niger Delta militant leader who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
The suspected were arrested while they were allegedly moving some properties from Tompolo’s jetty near the Chevron Clinic in Edjeba community in the Warri South Local Government Area of the state.
The state Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Mustafa, confirmed the arrest.
“He said: “He (Shaibu) took a payloader to the premises to steal the property. He has confessed to the crime. He was the one that organised everything which he also admitted. He is currently in police custody. He was found with the vehicle and everything. It is a complete crime”
According to Punch newspaper, the suspects were arrested on Sunday by a police team led by the Divisional Police Officer in-charge of ‘A’ Division Warri, Mr Kelvin Zuokumor, following a tip-off from members of the public over alleged illegal movement of items from the yard.
Tompolo, in his open letter to President Buhari on July 22, 2016 lamented the sale of his properties by security agencies meant to guard the property pending the end of a legal battle with the Federal Government.
EFCC in 2016 declared Tompolo wanted for ignoring two bench warrants issued against him by a Federal High Court in Lagos, where he has was charged with N45.9bn fraud.
Despite this, report has it that Tompolo was in Delta to bury his father.