Militants from the six states of the Niger Delta region under the aegis of the Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters of Niger Delta (SEFFND) have dismissed as “false, sponsored blackmail” the claim that the leader of Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force(NDPVF) and former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) Worldwide, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari, was barred from the Presidential Villa by President Bola Tinubu is fake and untrue.
According to SEFFND, those behind the claims have been identified as desperate contractors seeking renewal of their oil pipeline surveillance contracts, the claim is a calculated attempt to discredit the rising personality of Mujahid Dokubo Asari with the intention of putting a wedge between him and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu whom Dokubo has maintained a smooth cordial fatherly/ friendly relationship with over the years before he(Tinubu) became Governor of Lagos State under Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999. Their aim is to infuse bad blood between Dokubo and Tinubu and to fuel hostilities in the Niger Delta with falsehood and blackmail.
The SEFFND, in a statement signed by self-styled General Agadagba 1 he stated that Alhaji Asari was not barred from the Presidential Villa,”the false claim of the ban of Dokubo Asari was a calculated attempt to discredit him with the intention of creating an imaginary rift between him and President Tinubu led Presidency through falsehood and cheap blackmail, wish will not stand no matter what.
General Agadagba 1 stated that after a meeting and proper brief on the issue with various leaders of the militant groups and their unit commanders, it was resolved that Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari has paid the supreme price in the agitation for the emancipation of the Niger Delta than any group of self-acclaimed ex militant leaders, who claim to be Field Marshall in the struggle.
These are handiwork of envious mischief makers who didn’t believe in the candidature of Tinubu, and worked against him in the last presidential election in their states. And it is also known that these identified “mischief makers ” and “desperate oil pipeline contractors” also played double game during the poll and lost their local government areas and various wards to the major opposition party PDP in the region. It is obvious that they are envious of Alhaji Asari taking up a notable position at the centre stage in the seat of power.
“These series of attacks and cheap blackmail on Dokubo are necessitated just because of his stance in standing firm in support of the candidature of Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC against their preferred candidate in the main opposition party in the region, and Dokubo to massively mobilize all his men to move to Abuja to be on ground in defence of the President Tinubu’s mandate.
The group of the militant leaders also declared full support for the style of leadership being displayed by Alhaji Asari and will always stand side by side of him in his support and defence of the President Tinubu mandate no matter whose ox is goored, and we stand to condemn the baseless, untrue and unfounded frivolous cheap blackmail orchestrated by mischief makers sponsored by some envious, disgruntled and misguided elements who are enemies of progress that always take pride in pulling down any rising personality in the region by any means necessary with deliberate falsehood.
“We know those who are behind the fake news, they are not comfortable with Dokubo Asari genuine concern and commitment to stand side by side in support of President Tinubu and for shunning every rebellious attacks and critics from some of these persons and their loyalists of misguided supporters in the region, and for him to stand for the betterment and the overall development of the Niger Delta region and the country in general.”
Dokubo Asari not barred from Presidential Villa, says Supreme Egbesu Freedom Fighters
