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  • Dokubo-Asari vows to cripple oil production if ….

    Dokubo-Asari vows to cripple oil production if ….

    ...Dares Reps, Northern leaders

    Leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, on Thursday vowed to halt oil production in the country, if he is arrested.

    Dokubo-Asari, who spoke at a press conference in Abuja, was adamant and insisted that he stands by his comment for which the security agencies are now being prevailed upon to arrest him.

    He challenged the House of Representatives and some northern leaders to order his arrest, if they can.

    “The last time former president Olusegun Obasanjo arrested me,” Dokubo-Asari stated, “my arrest reduced Nigeria’s oil production to 700,000 barrels per day, this time, it will reduce it to zero barrel, and we will match violence by violence, intrigues by intrigues, we are ready for them.”

    He said if some of those calling for his arrest fail to carry out their threats, he will regard them as cowards.

    The former President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) also vowed that Nigeria would become “history” if he is arrested.

    He wondered why those now clamouring for his incarceration did not do the same when some northern leaders threatened to make the country ungovernable, “where the dog and baboon will soak in blood” and how there will be no more Nigeria, if a northern did not occupy Aso Rock Presidential Villa in 2015.

    Dokubo-Asari said: “I stand by my statement which I made in my earlier press conference; there will be no peace, not only in the Niger Delta, but everywhere, if Goodluck Jonathan is not President by 2015.

    “I want to add that the Fulanis, who migrated and invaded our lands and continue to show disregard and disrespect to the owners of the country they came into, and people have tolerated them for a very long time, but that will no longer continue.

    “I want to refresh your memories with comments made by these Fulani invaders who have in the time past threatened war and break of Nigeria.

    “In 2010, a Fulani, one Lawal Kaita said and I quote: ‘Anything short of a Northern President is tantamount to stealing our Presidency. Jonathan has to go and he will go. Even if he uses the incumbency power to get his nomination on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, he would be frustrated out…The North is determined, if that happens, to make the country ungovernable for President Goodluck Jonathan or any other Southerner who finds his way to the seat of power on the platform of the PDP against the principle of the party’s zoning policy.”

     

     

     

  • 2015 poll: Reps to probe Dokubo, Kuku’s utterances

    2015 poll: Reps to probe Dokubo, Kuku’s utterances

    The House of Representatives on Tuesday mandated its Committees on Police Affairs and National Security to liaise with the Inspector-General of Police on the comments allegedly made by Asari Dokubo and Kingsley Kuku on 2015.

    It urged the IGP, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar to invite Dokubo and Kuku for thorough investigation on their statements on President Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election.

    The House also condemned the statements credited to the duo.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Dokubo and the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Kuku, had said at different fora that unless Jonathan was returned as president in 2015, there won’t be peace in Nigeria.

    This resolution followed a motion by Rep. Ali Madaki (PDP-Kano), which was unanimously adopted.

    According to him, if left unchecked the utterances credited to Dokubo was capable of creating disunity and disaffection among Nigerians.

    He said that while Nigerians were praying for peace, some were already out sowing seed of discord.

    Madaki said that since the country became independent in 1960 and a republic in 1963, all differences had been buried.

    He said that for over three years now, security had become a challenge in the country as the Federal Government was partnering relevant stakeholders to arrest the situation.

     

  • 2015 poll: PDP Governors demand N46b compensation from Jonathan

    Governors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are demanding N46billion worth of projects for their states for voting for President Goodluck Jonathan in 2015.

    They claim that the 23 states being controlled by the party deserve special treatment for standing by the President.

    However, the Chairman of the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Tony Anenih, has pleaded with the Governors to avoid divisive tendencies.

    The Governors, according to party sources, resolved to seek project concessions from the President at a recent meeting.

    The idea was said to have been broached by Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom and Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum, who stressed the need for the Governors to approach the President to “site at least one federal project ranging between N1billion-N2billion (at the President’s discretion) in each PDP state.”

    He said the projects would be regarded as compensation for their support for the federal government.

    A delegation of the governors is expected to table the request to thePresident in due course.

    Party sources also said Anenih, at a separate meeting with the Governors, advised them to shun divisive tendencies.

    He told them to develop the spirit of give and take and forgiveness and to remain loyal to the party at all levels.

    He urged them to co-operate with the federal government in the bid to deal with the security challenges in the country.