
Mujahid Asari Dokubo, an ex-militant who
threatened to unleash violence on the
country if President Goodluck Jonathan lost
his re-election bid, has threatened a return
“to the creeks” and accused the Yoruba and
Hausa of working against Igbo and Niger
Deltans. He denied saying he was in support
of any government in power, despite a tweet
on his handle, @asaridokubo , on Tuesday.
He did not disown the handle but said he
was yet to congratulate any winner of the
presidential and parliamentary elections. He
said the election of Muhammadu Buhari as
president “is a clear indication that the
country is not united” and accused the
Yoruba and Hausa of collaborating to
frustrate Jonathan, who hails from the Niger
Delta region. “Nigerian union clearly
reinforces the fact of self determination and
that Nigeria remains a very divided and
separated entity whose claim to unity
remains a fraud of gargantuan proportion,”
Dokubo said in a statement issued on his
behalf by Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro, his
spokesman. “The celebrated victory of
Buhari is not the victory of the people but
victory of regional conspiracy and
supremacy. The voting Partern has clearly
shown that the Gambari North and the
Yorubas are United in the conquest of the
Niger Deltans and the Igbos of defunct
Biafra with the middle belt now used as
pawns. “The victory of Muhammadu Buhari
is a historical reminder that we are a
conquered people who are mere appendages
existing at the pleasure of the supremacist
and the regional overlords. “We remain a
people separated by our ideologies and
interests, we are not integrated nor
reconciled.” He alleged that the incoming
government could attempt to undermine the
interest of the Niger Delta and called for a
return to the creeks. “The conditions that
advanced the need to embracethe creeks
have been sadly re energized, it is clear that
a vicious government who may maim and
murder the voice of the so called minorities
may have just been birthed,” he said.
“Indeed integration is nonexistent as
regional gang ups and supremacy is
symbolic with this victory.“While President
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan enjoys his
moments and bask in the euphoria of a now
world renowned statesman having
congratulated Muhammadu Buhari his
conqueror, we must quickly remind that our
struggle was never about Jonathan nor
about presidency. “President Goodluck
Jonathan was an establishment beneficiary
of our struggle, our sweat and blood that
many bled and died for, he was never in the
struggle and he can never wish away our
collective march forward for statesmanship.
Yes Indeed to an extent he was a mitigating
factor in self determination pursuit as we
went on sabbatical, this mitigation he seem
to have willingly repudiated. “The days
coming will be critical, we shall study all the
conditions and consult widely before
determining the way going forward for our
collective existence and survival as a
people. The days coming shall either drive
the quest of integration or further separate
us.”
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