Tag: Asari Dokubo

Tension in Niger Delta, as Asari Dokubo opposes Tompolos N4.5bn pipeline contract

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There is tension in the Niger-Delta region following the decision of the self-proclaimed freedom fighter and founder of the Niger Delta Volunteer Force (NDVF), Asari Dokubo, to oppose the N4.5bn monthly pipeline surveillance contract awarded a former militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, better known as Tompolo. The aggrieved Dokubo, in a viral video, said it smacked of greed for Tompolo to be in charge of pipeline protection for all the ethnic groups in the Niger Delta. Dokubo wondered why Tompolo would be in charge of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers States, querying whether…

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2023 Election: Asari-Dokubo backs APC Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket

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Says Tinubu will win A frontline Niger-Delta activist, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has backed the Muslim-Muslim of the All Progressive Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential elections. Asari-Dokubo, speaking in a live interview on Facebook, said Muslims did not complain in 1979 when the Late Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a Christian of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) had a Christian running mate, Philip Umeadi, and the Late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, a Christian, of the Nigerian Peoples Party (NPP) had Dr. Ishaya Audu, also a Christian as running mate. While accusing Christians of…

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2023: “Your presidential aspiration unrealistic”, Asari Dokubo tells Wike

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Leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari, has described the decision of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, to contest the 2023 presidential election as unrealistic. Dokubo-Asari, who disclosed this while speaking on a live television programme in Port Harcourt, said Wike does not look like a President. He said: Its laughable that Wike wants to be President. Look at him, does he look like a president? Will Nigerians want a president like that? He should know that its not possible, yes everybody is…

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‘Why Nnamdi Kanu should not be released’ Asari Dokubo to FG

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Former Niger-Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubu has urged the federal government of Nigeria to disregard appeals from some Igbo leaders pushing for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB). Recall that the IPOB leader has been in the custody of the Department of State Services, (DSS), from where he appears in court to face charges bordering on treasonable felony and terrorism levelled against him by the federal government. Dokubo said Kanu should not be released because he instigated violence and his influence propelled…

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“Igbos have no right to the name Biafra”- Asari Dokubo declares

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The ex-militant and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, (NDPSF), Asari-Dokubo, has claimed that the Igbo people in the South-East region have no right to the name Biafra. According to the ex-militant, who is an Ijaw man, one Frank Opigo gave the name Biafra, which was adopted by the Eastern region and was used in 1967 when the Republic of Biafra was declared. Dokubo said no one can dismiss the fact that the geographical area known today as Biafra belonged to the Ijaws, Ibibios and Orons and not…

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“I will bring down Nnamdi Kanu” Asari Dokubo declares

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Ex-Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo, has sworn to bring down the leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu. Dokubo, in a recent fiery message, accused Kanu of being a con man and fleecing innocent Igbo people of their hard-earned money all in the name of achieving Biafra. Both militants have been at each other’s throats after they fell out due to ideological differences in the actualisation of Biafra. This development resulted in the creation of the Biafra Customary Government, (BCG), by Dokubo. His words: “How is…

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Asari Dokubo condemns IPOB’s targeting of Muslims

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Ijaw leader and founder of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Asari Dokubo yesterday  called out the leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu over his recent comment on the #EndSARS protests in the country. Dokubo, in a 20 minute-video posted on his Facebook page condemned the recent attacks on Muslims in the South East by IPOB members. Stop blackmailing Monguno, Dokubo over Amnesty programme, CNDC warns groups My sisters death an eternal pain Dokubo Daily Trust recalls that there have been reports of…

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