Ignore Asari Dokubo At Your Own Peril, Bashir Tofa Warns FG

“It is the sign of backwardness to continue propagating a divisive presidency, rather than the one that will serve all Nigerians equally and justly,”...

An elder statesman, Alhaji Bashir Othman Tofa, has warned the federal government not to ignore the Biafra Customary Government (BCG) proclaimed by Alhaji Asari Dokubo, the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force (NDPSF).

Alhaji Dokubo, who had announced himself as the leader of BCG had also said provincial structures would be set up for the government; but the FG, through the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had reacted to the proclamation by describing it as a ‘theatre of the absurd by a joker seeking attention.’

Reacting to this development, Alhaji Tofa, in an exclusive interview with Daily Trust on Sunday, said, “Alhaji Asari Dokubo may be considered as a joker by the unwise. What if his utterance is only an early stage in a larger plan? Threats to this country should not be taken as a joke.”

He said he wondered if the FG would have maintained such a position if it had been someone from the North who said a fraction of what Dokubo said.

The National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate in Nigeria’s June 12, 1993, presidential election, the result of which was annulled, also commented on the clamour for zoning for the 2023 presidential election, opining that zoning was detrimental to the unity of the country.

Tofa said, “It is the sign of backwardness to continue propagating a divisive presidency, rather than the one that will serve all Nigerians equally and justly,” adding that the blame for this backwardness was on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

He said, “The PDP started this foolish idea. They have damaged the political climate of this country while thinking it was for the best. Now it has become what may destroy this country if care is not taken.”

He also said there was nothing wrong with the idea of the presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate of a party to be from the same religion as was the case in 1993 when Chief MKO Abiola and Baba Gana Kingibe (Muslims) ran on the ticket of the Social Democratic Party (SDP).

Tofa, however, said, as lofty as that was, Nigeria “is now too polarised for the Muslim-Muslim or Christian-Christian ticket to be dared by any party.”

Simplyleo:
But I thought same Asari Dokubo said they will take power from Wike in 2023 even though Wike must leave having served 2 tenures by then.

So under which govt will Asari Dokubo actually take over power from Wike? Is it under BCG or FGN?

SLAP44:
The person above my post is very very scared of the imminent disintegration of Nigeria.

SLAP44:


Wetin consan you?

Have you stopped the mass kidnap in your own region. Have you stopped the daily massacre in the north?

Stop rushing into southern posts while your own house burns.

Simplyleo:

If Nigeria disintegrate today, I will remain where I'm right now because this is where I belong, so which "scared" are you talking about?

Compare this with a person in Kano who has never travelled to his village for the past 10 years but chanting biafra up and down. Is he expecting to be a biafran and still remain in Kano?

So, before you continue deceiving yourself, sit down and think who should be "scared" except of course you feel like deceiving yourself as usual.

Simplyleo:

Yes, you have mentioned me even before I concluded my comment. Obviously, my comment is hampering your online country. Now, I'm done with my comment on this thread while allowing you to start the administration of your online country on nairaland.

Bye.

Jerryherd:
Nobody takes Nnamdi Kanu seriously he is just a runaway Fugitive coward . ... But you see people like Asari Dokubo the ex militant, you don't joke with him..

SLAP44:


Don't run away yet, let me UnCloth you with a few home truths

Your mortal fear of Nigeria's disintegration is well founded, it's understandable. Your region's insistence on promotion of illiteracy is to blame. Your human development deficit is so glaring that you had to lift a complete illiterate to contest the 2015 polls. You better start now to develop your youths, not enlist them in the army, if care is not taken, those your well trained soldiers will turn their guns on their home regions. That's the danger of arming an illiterate.

Simplyleo:

Mynd44 lalasticlala, pls is rule 1 selective of where/who it applies?

Because I don't really understand how this comment is related to the topic.

Terorislam:
Muric have divided the yorubas along religious line

Terorislam:
Muric have divided the yorubas along religious line

“It is the sign of backwardness to continue propagating a divisive presidency, rather than the one that will serve all Nigerians equally and justly,