Founder
of the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Front, NPDVF, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari,
has declared that he was ready, bullet for bullet, for those who want to stop
President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015
He
stated this in Warri, weekend, just as the founder of the Oodua People’s
Congress, OPC, Dr. Frederick Fasehun , said nobody can stop President Goodluck
Jonathan from contesting for a second term in 2015, assuring the South-West
geo-political zone would support him.
Both
men spoke at a memorial public event in Warri, Delta state, for the late Ijaw
hero, Major Isaac Jasper Adaka-Boro. According to Dokubo-Asari, “We have to
demand what belongs to us, 2015 is not about Jonathan, but about our destiny,
if you allow them, they will crush you when they come. I am ready for them
bullet for bullet.”
He said
the battle line for self- determination has been drawn, as the people of the
region would no longer accept being second- class to the people of the North.
His words, “The battle line is drawn, if our representatives in Abuja are
trading off our destinies we will not accept it. The enemies are at the
doorstep waiting to pounce, having NDDC, ministerial and ambassadorial
positions are not enough, we want to control our resources.
“When
the enemies come with their gun to shoot you down, I will also hold a gun to
fight back, the day will come, they will come for you, there is no sitting on
the fence. When they come, they won’t differentiate between Urhobo, Ijaw,
Itsekiri, Isoko, Anioma, Edo, and other ethnic nations,” he asserted
Dokubo-Asari
said he was not afraid or ashamed to support Jonathan who is from the Niger
Delta, stressing that he supported Abacha government, so why not Jonathan who
is a fellow Ijaw man.
“The
oil belongs to us in the Niger Delta, don’t be ashamed to stand up for your
right, I supported Abacha, so why won’t I support Jonathan, the North have that
mentality of born to rule but we are saying no it has changed.”
He
warned those sending threatening bulk sms to him that, “They use bulk sms to
send me message that I will die but they don’t know that I am ‘Edi-abali’ (he
who kills in the night). We celebrate Boro because he doesn’t believe that
dialogue will give you freedom but freedom comes through the barrel of the
gun.”
Dokubo-Asari
took a swipe at the amnesty programme, saying, “There are those who went to the
creek for other businesses, amnesty is a stigma, an enemy will never give you
what is good, I challenged it by going to the court. You will be walking on the
street and they brand you a criminal because amnesty is for criminals, we are
freedom fighters, and so, we can’t be part of amnesty.”
He
declared, “We have to demand what belongs to us, 2015 is not about Jonathan,
but about our destiny, if you allow them they will crush you when they come. I
am ready for them bullet for bullet.”
“Every
rich man that is from this region is a threat to them, which is why they use
their man to crumble many of the banks owned by the southern people. Jonathan
has given Nomadic and Almajiri education to the North, which is amnesty for
them, a lot of things are being taken for granted before now but we won’t take
it,” he said. Fasehun, OPC leader decried the call for the arrest of
Niger-Delta activist, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, over his comments on
Jonathan’s re-election, saying those calling for his arrest were misguided. His
words, “Since the constitution guarantees Goodluck Jonathan two terms, which
Jupiter can deny him the privilege?”
“Those
who condemn Dokubo for his statement, where were they when the likes of Atiku
Abubakar, Adamu Ciroma and Muhammadu Buhari swore to make Nigeria ungovernable
should Jonathan win the presidential election in 2011?
“Why
are these commentators not pointing fingers correctly, now that the
foot-soldiers of these evil and belligerent politicians have captured
governance and turned public worship into suicide mission? He said. He further
queried, “Where are these armchair critics now that the whole North is burning
with bomb blasts and shootings and the corpses of young Southerners and
Christians are being shipped back home for burial?
He
added. “It is in this spirit that we fully throw our weight behind the State of
Emergency that President Jonathan has declared in the three states. It was long
overdue. Our only quarrel is with the retaining of the Governors and
Legislators in their positions.”
“However,
the emergency rule leaves no one in doubt that Jonathan is not only the
President but also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria.”
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