Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has warned organizers of the planned nationwide protest against hardship scheduled for August 1st not to come to the Niger Delta.
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.”
Asari-Dokubo alleged that some people who lost the election were backing the protest aimed at removing the government in power.
He said: “I’m anti-protest. When our brother was here (referring to Jonathan), they protested. Today, another of our brothers is here. They want to protest. That is the truth.”
“Are our needs included in their ten 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 (they will be resisted).”
He referred to the #EndSARS protest, saying: “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 know it. I gave it to them.”
Asari-Dokubo warned against being deceived by “people’s flowery words and statements” and described the protesters as “anarchists.”
He said: “Don’t bring your protest here. This protest does not concern us, and anywhere you are doing your protest, if I’m there and you bring your protest, I know you’re a threat to me. And I will be a threat to you. That is it.”
He concluded by saying: “Those who have lost election should prepare for 2027.”
