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2027 : “I’ll no longer support Tinubu, but the North” – Asari-Dokubo

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Asari Dokubo

Former Niger-Delta militant and leader of the defunct Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has declared that he will no longer support Yoruba politicians because they have betrayed him and the Ijaw people. In a video shared on social media platforms yesterday, Dokubo insisted that he is now politically aligned with politicians from Northern Nigeria because they are not traitors like their Yoruba counterparts. The ex-militant accused Yoruba politicians and elite of turning against their long-standing allies from the Niger Delta after benefiting politically from them. “The Yorubas have…

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Nnamdi Kanu: “Your double standard stinks” HURIWA to DHQ, over comment on Asari Dokubo

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HURIWA to DHQ

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has dismissed the position of the military hierarchy as offensive double standards after the Defence Headquarters stated that it chose not to go after former Niger Delta militant warlord, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, to avoid being accused of acting undemocratically. HURIWA criticized the militarys double standard, stating it stinks and diminishes the status of the armed forces of Nigeria. It is such a pathetic sight to behold the Defence Headquarters talking back on Asari-Dokubo instead of enforcing the law by investigating, arresting, and prosecuting…

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Tinubus Govt. nightmare for Ijaw people – Asari Dokubo

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Niger-Delta leader and former leader agitator for the course of the oil-rich region, Asari Dokubo, has described the President Bola Tinubu-led administration is the worst ever. Asari, in a viral video clip yesterday, said that some Niger-Delta people, particularly the Ijaw ethnic group, are already angry with the present government. The former militant, who was a staunch supporter of Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) during the electioneering season, lamented that he earlier assured the Ijaw people that the government would perform well. He, however, alleged that the present…

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Coup: My Niger Delta boys and I can restore democracy in Niger – Dokubo

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Former Militant leader and founder of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo has said that he has the manpower to defeat the military junta in Niger Republic. In a viral video, Dokubo said his armed group could overrun Niger Republic if commissioned by the Federal Government, adding that he and his boys have the capacity to restore democracy in that country. He said, If the Government commissions me and my people to go to Niger Republic, we will go. We will defeat them; and we will come back…

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Alleged Threat: Igbo lawyers write IGP, demand immediate arrest of Asari Dokubo

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The Igbo Lawyers Association, (ILA), an umbrella of lawyers of Igbo origin, has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun to arrest and investigate former militant leader, Asari Dokubo, over his reported threat to wipe out the Igbo tribe. The group which met in Aba, Abia state, said it took time to wait to see what will be the reaction of the authorities on such a serious inciting and ethnic move by Dokubo, but having seen that nobody is taking appropriate action, it will use every…

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After meeting Tinubu, Asari Dokubo to collect 1m signatures to lead a march supporting Igbos secession bid

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Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, says he will lead a march supporting the Igbos bid to secede from Nigeria with over a million signatories from Nigerians across the country to the National Assembly. He made the remarks in an Instagram video recorded and shared by several social media platforms on Thursday. In the video, which had over 58,000 views, Dokubo stated: Please, President Ahmed Tinubu, I am going to write to the signatories of over one million people all over Nigeria and march to the National Assembly to allow…

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Military, Navy responsible for oil theft in Nigeria Asari Dokubo

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Former Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, yesterday, said over 99 percent of oil theft in the country is carried out by the Army and Navy. Dokubo also alleged that the people perpetuating oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region are powerful cabals most times operating from Abuja with the entitlement mentality Speaking to State House correspondents after meeting behind closed doors with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Dokubo said that the reason behind his visit was to give words of encouragement to the President for his actions…

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2023: Asari Dokubu rallies Kalabari Kingdom for Tinubu

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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 Harrys 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…

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NNPC Pipelines Contract: Niger-Delta militants at war

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…Asari Dokubo, others oppose Tompolo The dust raised by the NNPCL N4.5 billion annual pipeline surveillance contract awarded to former leader of Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo, may not have settled down but it has effectively torn the militants in the oil rich region apart. Obviously rattled by how the Federal Government sensationally mentioned Tompolo as the sole supervisor of the pipeline security deal, another leading Niger Delta freedom fighter, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, sounding crestfallen and certainly dejected wondered why his comrade…

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Niger Delta: “Stay away from Kalabari”, Dokubo-Asari warns Tompolo, soldiers

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…Parades with unknown gunmen The ex-Niger-Delta militant and founder, Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force, (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has cautioned the leader of the moribund Movement for the Emancipation of Niger-Delta, (MEND), Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, who the Federal Government awarded a pipeline surveillance contract, last month, and soldiers working with him, to keep away from oil pipelines in his Kalabari territory, Rivers State. According to Dokubo-Asari, said the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, spite him by awarding the pipeline surveillance contract in Rivers State to Tompolo, bragged…

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