The leader of
Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo remains the close ally of
President Jonathan despite all circumstances.In a
recent interview with Vanguard’s Levinus
Nwabughiogul, Dokubo expresseshis views on
elections’ postponement, Jonathan’s chances,
behaviour of the opposition, explains advantages of
Temporary Voter Cards (TVCs) over the modern
Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs).About the
postponement of the electionsAsari-Dokubo is not
really happy about the postponement. He has been
working really hard during the electoral campaign:“I
was addressing Muslims in Lagos on the31st of
January and I collapsed because I had not been
having enough sleep and time for myself. I had
thought that the elections would come for me to go
the Saudi Arabia and thank Allah for the victory he
has granted us.”He further described the negative
attitudeof the USA on the issue as “hypocritical”.
“Nigeria is a sovereign state. It is not a satellite of
the United States of America,” Dokubo noted.He
admitted that the delay in PVCs’ distribution indeed
happened but neither President Jonathan and the
PDP, nor the INEC may be held responsible for it. At
the same time, the opposition, who “is working with
the insurgents” may be behind the unfortunate
development:“God is revealing these people. Who
are collecting the PVCs in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa
and Gombe States? How come Borno and Yobe have
collected more PVCs than Lagos, Rivers, Imo States?
Who is deliberately hoarding the PVCs? Is it Goodluck
Jonathan? Have they compromised INEC? I was a
member of ACN, so I know how they operate during
elections. I know that before elections, when PDP is
dealing with the top cadre of the security agencies,
APC relates with theDPOs, DCOs, the rank and file. It
is not a wild allegation. I can give evidence.”On why
ACN = APCAsari-Dokubo said he knew the methods
of the opposition, as he had been in contact with its
leadership, had friends there. The ACN had
transmuted into the APC, meaning the new party was
just a brand.“All the others are just affiliates. They
are associates. The driving force of the party is ACN.
They are using the so-called idle followership of
Buhari in the North. The machine, the intelligentsia,
the think tank, everything is ACN. That is the way
they rigelection,” Asari-Dokubo noted.“PVC is not in
our law. PVC testing machine is not known to our
law.”As long as the INEC failed to distribute thePVCs,
Dokubo thinks the use of the TVCs should have been
allowed:“We should use the temporary one. There is
no e-voting. So, we should go back to the temporary
voter card. INEC is deliberately disenfranchising
some Nigerians. The constitutional right of a person
is sacred to vote and be voted for.”“You advocate for
100 percent collection of the PVC but do you think it
is possible for everyone to collect his PVC? Besides,
no law has said so.”The NDPVF leader mentioned
that the present situation cannot be seen as a
conspiracy against democracy. He noted that in
Rivers State only 56% of voters have their cards.
Even Dokubo’s wife still had not collected it.About
crisis in the Nigerian economyAsari-Dokubo
disagrees that the economyis down because of
Jonathan’s decisions and actions. He reminded that
the recession is global and many countries are
affected by it, including the UK, Japan, Russia, Dubai,
Ghana and Angola.He further explained how the
opposition contributed to the negative trend in
Nigeria:“On a television interview posted online, one
of the campaign managers of GeneralBuhari was
seen with loads of dollars in his breast pockets. But
he struggled to cover it. How can leaders be
spending dollars and not Naira, thereby depleting the
foreign exchange capacity of the country? And we
know that most of them don’t spend Naira. They
spend dollars, pounds and euros. That is what is
causing the crisis in the economy. It is more
demands for foreign currency than we earn from our
resources and so the economy will be going down. It
is all Nigerians that must work. Whatever policy on
the ground, money laundering policy, etcetera, if the
people are not ready to abide by the rules, hard and
stringent economy rules, then we will have a
problem.”“We are doing well even at war.”Dokubo
quoted his friend, a military man, hinting Jonathan to
remove all the northern Muslims soldiers from the
battle front. Eradication of “moles” would pave the
victory in the war against terrorism.“People had
leaked their (soldiers’) movement to Boko Haram.
They went into an ambush. How did they know? No
vehicle passed them. So, people are therewho have
a means of communication before they move. That
the president should bring jet fighters to bomb and
make sure it is northern Christians and southerners
that fly these aircraft.”Such an action cannot be
considered as a genocide, and Dokubo explains
why:“These people are betraying. It is happening
everywhere. These northerners are fifth
columnists.”About Jonathan’s achievements–
Nigeria is becoming another food basketin Africa.
Nigeria is coming back in all areas of agriculture:
commercial agriculture and subsistent agriculture.–
Transportation sector: the railway is working. The
roads are being rehabilitated. New roads are being
constructed. Now look at the airports. Today, a
government is constructing four modern airports, not
the remodeling: Port Harcourt, Lagos, Abuja and
Kano, all brand new being constructed by the
Chinese.– 12 universities were opened in one year.–
There is the implementation of the LocalContent Act,
the Cabotage Act which is now bringing Nigerians
into the oil and gas and marine business. People are
making money, those who are ready to work. Even
his (Jonathan’s) opponents are benefitting from
YouWin.Is Jonathan an ethnic president? Shall he
win?Dokubo strongly disagrees that ethnic origin has
anything to do with Jonathan’s rule:“A man that has
his security adviser from the North. When Yar’Adua
was there, whowas the Chief of Army Staff? Who was
the Chief of Defence Staff? Who were the people
around Yar’Adua? When Obasanjo was there, who
were those people aroundhim? Who was the DG of
DSS? Now in Jonathan’s government, the Defense
Minister is from North. The national security adviser,
North, IG of police, North, Controller-General of
Customs, North. These are all Gambari. When they
were in government, let them show us if that was
how they ran the government. So, how is he an ethnic
president? His Principal Secretary is a Gambari man.
Chief of Staff is a Yoruba man. The Minister of
Finance is Igbo. The Minister ofWorks is Ishan. The
Minister of Police Affairs, Yoruba So, how is he an
ethnic president?”Dokubo is convinced in the victory
of the present administration.“We will win. Theywill
complain and we are ready for them. This election is
between me and the Gambari North.”About arrest
over “inflammatory statements”Dokubo considers
calls by the DSS as a “routine thing” and he got used
to such “invitations”, put the total number of his
detentions to 73.“Under the late General Sani Abacha,
it was a weekly thing. Under former President
Obasanjo, the same. Now, it is less but I am used to
it,” he concluded.

I thought this bustard said he ain't a Nigerian no more? he must not vote..

You don't dare we Northerns. Go and ask Ojukwu!! When the war start, the pig will probably ran to Benin Republic with his tails in his legs.

oga betr start organizing welcum. Party for d ome cumin of gej

Looking at how fat asari is presently, I don't think he can run 100m talk less of fighting a war

Rays123:
You don't dare we Northerns. Go and ask Ojukwu!! When the war start, the pig will probably ran to Benin Republic with his tails in his legs.

The things that forced the Ojukwu generation to seek independence from this fraud called Nigeria are much more glaring today than then.
Mind you, it was not the Northerners alone that defeated Biafra!
It was the totality of Nigeria led by the North and the West, supported by Britain!

yemaldo:
Looking at how fat asari is presently, I don't think he can run 100m talk less of fighting a war

leave him bro,he will end up having a grenade shoved in his a55