Tompolo on a Spending Spree
Government Ekpemupolo, known as Tompolo, has spent heavily in several directions this month. The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, a group campaigning for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election and led by Tompolo
Tompolo, also known as Ekpemupolo, has been on a spending spree recently. The PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, a campaign group for President Bola Tinubu’s 2027 re-election and headed by Tompolo, has given away 26 vehicles to Ondo and 52 to Gombe. These vehicles were presented at the inauguration of local government and ward coordinators in Akure and Gombe.
Kestin Pondi, Tantita Security Services' managing director, informed the Ondo coordinators to convert the state’s registered two million voters into votes for Tinubu. Both governors Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo and Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe accepted the donation. Pondi highlighted fuel availability, education efforts, and salary payments as successes to present to voters.
However, there is more to the story. Another document lists 25 vehicles for Taraba and additional ones for Yobe, a N10 billion commitment to the Delta State Security Trust Fund at its inaugural event in Asaba, and desks for the Nigeria Maritime University. The source of the funds remains unclear, although Tompolo’s Tantita Security Services earned a federal pipeline surveillance contract, which has reportedly expanded into a multi-trillion naira framework.
While the government and Tompolo's supporters argue that the contract is purely commercial and praise Tantita for finding illegal pipeline leaks, curbing crude theft, and boosting daily export rates, critics claim that the money is too concentrated and question why the oil earnings are being used to fund campaign fleets in northern states while the locals in those areas lack basic infrastructure. Tompolo has yet to address the criticism publicly.
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