Major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in
the Niger Delta region of Nigeria known for his
populist views and an anti-government stance,
Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari lambasted
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday in
Abuja.
It would be recalled that President Goodluck
Jonathan had commented on the Kaduna attack
fews days back, which left at least 82 people
killed, according to report and was supposedly
targeted at the former Head of State Maj. Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) saying Nigeria
would have boiled if the former head of state
had died in the attack.
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Dokubo’s Comment
However countering the statement of the
president and making it known that he is not an
ally of the presidency, Dokubo called the
statement unnecessary as it is obviously that
the president is placing the life of the retired
general above over 82 other people that lost
their lives in the incident. Punch reports that
Dokubo made it known that the utterance of the
president is tantamount to making just one
insignificant Nigerian uncessarily important at
the expense of many others who lost their lives.
Calling the president speech unfortunate, Asari
Dokubo revealed that all the hearsay about him
being the one that financed the Kaduna blast are
just pure lies directed at him to make people
see him in a bad light. He further said he does
not have a twitter account, adding that all the
tweets from the supposed twitter handle that
carries his name are not from him.
Dokubo however raised an alarm about threats
and calculated attacks towards him which he
said was to shut him down so as not to have
an influence in 2015. He further continued by
saying that the State Security must investigate
Sule Armah, Buba Galadima and General Buhari
who according to him have used late leader of
Libya, Muammar Gaddafi to achieve their
political ambitions before the death of the late
leader. He further said that the late Libyan was
the financial bedrock of General Buhari’s 2011
elections.
Punch however reports that a Buhari’s ally and
a former spokesperson for the defunct Congress
for Progress Change, Alhaji Buba Galadima, said
Dokubo’s allegations were unfounded and
untrue.