Former leader of the Niger Delta People’s Salvation and Volunteer Force (NDSVF) Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has made it clear that the Niger Delta Militants are still keeping more sophisticated guns than the ones they submitted as a mark of surrendering to the Nigerian state.
“We are warning the Boko Haram not to harm our people because if they do, we will tell Nigeria that we have more sophisticated guns than the ones we submitted.”
Asari-Dokubo who spoke today at Bungavilla Hotel, Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, while addressing students of King Amachree African University, Cotonou, Benin Republic said that many people are angry with President Goodluck Jonathan’s leadership style.
He said Jonathan would have enjoyed an easy ride back to Aso Rock if he had done things properly, accusing him of squandering his political goodwill, which, he said, made him to tolerate his enemies instead of jailing them.
He described the recent visit by Jonathan to former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the office of the President.
“You don’t naked the office of the President, but Jonathan has done that by not dealing decisively with his enemies. For instance, he has no business going to Abeokuta to see Obasanjo, he has squandered the political goodwill he has.”
“A lot of our people especially in Niger Delta are angry with Jonathan but they have no option than to vote for him because what is coming is worst than him. Goodluck Jonathan would have enjoyed an easy ride if he had done things strictly the way the people want it to be.”
On insecurity, Asari-Dokubo said Jonathan would not make any progress because those managing the security are against the president.
He alleged that top military officers in collaboration with some politicians in the North are the one frustrating the military victory over insurgency and by extension frustrating the government of Jonathan.
“The Vice-President is a Fulani man, Inspector-General of Police is a Gambari man, National Security Adviser is a Gambari man and Defence Minister is a Gambari man. The security arms are in the hands of those who are fighting him. How do you think he can do better in this area?
“The same people who are fighting him are the one he allows to manage security? It is like asking the rat to look after the fish.” [myad]
