HOW IBORI'S IGNORANCE INDUCED THE ESTABLISHMENT'S ENSLAVEMENT OF DELTANS USING TANTITA/TOMPOLO AND CO
-By Zik Gbemre
Ibori rascality brought the economy of Warri and environs to what it is today. Warri is now driven by Tantita/Tompolo, Keke riders and yahoo boys economy.
I'm right. A friend told me few days ago on telephone that he wants to be connected to Tompolo. I asked why, and his response was Tompolo and Tantita will connect him to who is who in Nigeria. He may be right.
When James Ibori started his rascality with the noise of resource control he was hailed as 'Odidigboigbo' of Africa. Ibori never knew he was on a mission to destroy the local economy of Warri and environs.
With Ibori's rascality oil companies fled Warri and environs to Lagos and Port Harcourt. He promoted youth violence known as 'youth restiveness'. Ibori was busy making money from security votes while Delta economy was being ruined.
He was the big man in Asaba. Tompolo and others were his boys. Today, James Ibori has become master of ceremonies in social events. After putting on his traditional wrapper and his neck beads he hops from one birthday party and other social events to another shaking hands with old friends.
He attends every social event to show to people that he is relevant. Tompolo and Ayiri, his boys are now more relevant than him. As for Tompolo, he doesn't attend social events but sends his boys to show off while Ibori is busy attending social events to prove to the public that he is relevant.
I don't pity him because that is what he created deliberately. He wanted to lord over all Urhobos and the entire Delta state. Those who praised Ibori do so out of ignorance. Ibori was busy building substandard stadia and roads that didn't last his administration as governor of Delta.
Why wasting money to build stadia that have no economic relevance to Delta? The Wembley Stadium in London is the only national stadium that is owned by British government through the British Football Association. Wembley has capacity for 90,000 persons.
The stadium is a money making business for United Kingdom. The last time I checked Wembley stadium rakes in over £11M per event for the UK government. Ibori built a stadium in Oghara, his hometown that is wasting and only used for political rallies.
Check all the stadia in Delta State, no one is generating income to the state, but used to host political games and rallies. Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is the only governor of Delta that has put major Infrastructures that are sustainable and that will outlive his administration.
Ibori administration was rascality taken too far by promoting youth violence, militancy and criminality. What is Tompolo/Tantita's role in surveillance? It's nothing more than paying him 'hostage money' so that he won't burst more pipelines in the creeks.
Tompolo and Tantita were not given surveillance job to secure any oil and gas pipeline but to appease him from bursting oil and gas pipelines.
Today, Tompolo, Ayiri and co are more relevant than Ibori who was once their master.
Ibori did more harm to Warri and environs than good. Ibori destroyed Warri and environs to the level it is today.
Ibori is now a master of ceremony that must be present at every social event. He is like a tortoise that his name will not be mentioned in every folktale. He wakes up and dresses up for social events every weekend. Shame on Ibori who crippled economy of Warri and environs.
Warri economy is not driven by genuine commerce and industry but driven by Tantita/Tompolo, Keke riders, yahoo boys.
While Ibori was busy pursuing oil companies from Warri and environs with his resource control rascality and promoting youth violence, Tinubu was busy building structures for commerce and industry in Lagos to attract more oil companies to Lagos.
Zik Gbemre
February 16,2026
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