Tompolo Funds Political Campaigns with Vehicle Donations

Government Ekpemupolo, known as Tompolo, has engaged in substantial spending this month, particularly through the PBAT Door-to-Door Movement, which he leads as grand patron. The group donated 26 vehicles each to Ondo and Gombe, totaling 52 vehicles, during the inauguration of local government and ward coordinators in Akure and Gombe.

Kestin Pondi, managing director of Tantita Security Services, represented Tompolo and urged Ondo's coordinators to convert the state's two million registered voters into votes for President Bola Tinubu's 2027 re-election campaign. Governors Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo and Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe welcomed the vehicle donations.

Additionally, Tompolo's spending includes 25 vehicles for Taraba, more for Yobe, a N10 billion pledge to the Delta State Security Trust Fund, and desks for the Nigeria Maritime University. Tompolo's Tantita Security Services holds a federal pipeline surveillance contract with NNPC Limited, initially valued at about N48 billion annually, which has reportedly expanded into a multi-trillion naira framework.

Critics have raised concerns about the concentration of pipeline money and its use for campaign activities in northern states, while Tompolo's defenders assert the contract is strictly commercial.