While stating that the protest’s organisers’ purpose conflicts with the issues facing the Niger Delta region’s population, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo has issued a warning to those organising the upcoming nationwide protest against hardship not to bother bringing it to the region.
Further accusing the protest organisers of being “anarchists,” the former Niger Delta freedom fighter said that their only motivation was to obtain resources from the Niger Delta.
At the Niger Delta Sensitisation Conference for Ethnic Nationalities, Youths, and Women, which had the theme “Come let us build together,” on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, Asari-Dokubo warned the organiser to expect resistance.
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He stated: “I and all those who believe in me and those of you who are committed to the interest of the Niger Delta, we are not going to be part of any protest. It is as clear as that.
“If anybody has the right to protest, I also have the right to resist protest. Where your right stops, that is where my right begins.
“I’m anti-protest. When our brother was here (making a veiled reference to Jonathan) they protested. Today, another of our brothers is here. They want to protest. That is the truth.
“When you allow yourself to be used, when you always bend your back for people to ride on you, they will continue to ride on you.
“Are our needs included in their 10 points demand? No. So, we are not important to them. But it is our resources that they want to share. I want to say that me, I have the capacity. If you carry your protest near where I am, you will collect (be resisted).
“Those who brought anti-protest and went to Oyigbo (Rivers State), they collected (they got what they deserve). Everybody knows, the government, the security agencies knows it. I gave it to them.
“Look, don’t be deceived by people’s flowery words and statements. What have they done to impact their society and the environment?
“The lack of hospitals in Buguma, Abonema, and the entire Kalabari land didn’t start today. It has always been like that. And I will not expect my friend to come (referring to President Bola Tinubu) one year later because there has been no hospital in Buguma since the 90s. I should then kick my friend out of power.
