Leader of the Ijaw Youth Council, Mr. Asari Dokubo, has condemned the amnesty granted to the ex-Niger Delta militants by the late president, Umaru Yar’adua.
According to him, this was a bribe to allow oil flow from the Niger Delta region to the North. He said that was the reason he rejected the offer.
The Former Commander of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Front and a leader in the Ijaw nation, Dokubo has faulted Muhammadu Buhari’s emergence as Nigeria’s President, saying the election process was manipulated.
Dokubo, who spoke to journalists at the 2015 MASSOB day celebration, held in Owerri, Imo State, also faulted the national conference organised by the Federal Government, insisting that the exercise did not represent the views of the Niger Delta region that is yearning for a referendum.
“It only represented the views of the rest of the country. Let us be allowed to have a referendum. We have the right to hold a referendum on where we want to go,” he argued.
He described MASSOB and his group as partners in progress who are moving in the same direction to arrive at a common destination as one people and nation.
Dokubo, who faulted the last general elections in the country, decried the pace of growth and development of the nation over the years, noting that there should be massive infrastructural provision to stimulate the economy with conscious and unpolluted efforts to bring about industrial growth and job creation.
Meanwhile, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, said the new President’s mandate will be premature.
“Buhari has a stolen mandate. His handlers know this because it was not freely given by the people. As a matter of fact, a stolen mandate cannot last for a long time; the owners of the mandate will one day demand it,” he said during the 2015 Biafra Day celebration in Owerri.
According to him, Buhari and the All Progressives Congress stole former president Goodluck Jonathan’s mandate.
“It is weakening when we realize that Jonathan has conceded defeat for the sake of peace and security of lives. Then again, we ask ourselves; at what price? At the detriment of our people. Now the question is if Buhari can do the right thing. I am doubtful of his capacity to do the right thing.”
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