MEND leader Tompolo convenes urgent MEND meeting

There is currently tension in the Niger Delta following the news of the planned meeting of the leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The meeting is being convened by MEND leader, Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, and is slated to hold at the Izon House in the capital of Bayelsa State, Yenagoa on Saturday, July 25. A letter made available to newsmen, reads:

“My dearly beloved Commanders and Leaders of various wings of the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), I greet you all. It is my pleasure to humbly invite you to a very crucial and urgent meeting as follows: Venue: Izon House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Date (of the meeting is) Saturday, July 25th. Time (is) 2 pm Prompt.”