In a major boost for the All Progressive Congress (APC), presidential flagbearer, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, in the Niger-Delta region, Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari Dokubo has rallied the Kalabari Kingdom in support of the APC in the forthcoming 2023 presidential elections.
Speaking at the 48th birthday celebration of the President, Belema Oil, Tein Jack-Rich, at Harry’s Town Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers State, Dokubo also predicted a clear victory for Tinubu.
According to him, with Jack-Rich holding a significant and prominent position in the Tinubu campaign structure, a victory for Tinubu would place the Kalabari Kingdom in a pole position to benefit from the government.
Dokubo, who spoke in the Kalabari language and English, urged the people of the Kingdom to support Jack-Rich in his assignment as Chairman, Finance Committee of the Tinubu campaign.
He declared that it is only Tinubu that can protect the Kalabari the land and the people and develop the Kingdom.
“If Asíwájú Bola Tinubu wins, Kalabari would be on top with Tein Jack- Rich. He needs us. The direction he points to us politically is where we should follow; because if we don’t follow, we would cry and cry again. Are we going to cry and cry again? Kalabari, this is the time. We are political.
“In the presidential election, we are going to vote for the one that our people are very strategic and close to. I can walk into the bedroom of Asíwájú Bola Tinubu. Trust me, you know me. I have paid my dues. Bola Tinubu is the person that can secure Kalabari people, if you throw your votes away, don’t blame anybody,” he said.
Speaking further on the presidential election, he said the chiefs of villages in Kalabari Kingdom have used the occasion to declare that they are in support of the work Tein Jack- Rich is doing in the Tinubu campaign that would vote for Tinubu in the 2023 presidential election.
Dokubo predicted a clear victory for Tinubu, noting that going by antecedents, other front liners who were former governors and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar cannot stand the record of achievements of Tinubu.
