A former Niger-Delta militant,
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says with the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan, he
and other militants might be forced to ‘return to creeks.’
Asari-Dokubo, who hails
from the same state as Jonathan, said the voting pattern showed that the
South-West and the North ganged up again the South-South and South-East
geo-political zone.
The ex-militant said in a
statement by his spokesperson, Rex Anighoro, that it was unfair that the
minorities were being emasculated by the majority ethnic groups.
He said he feared that the
government of the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, would be vicious.
Asari-Dokubo said, “The
conditions that advanced the need to embrace the creeks have been sadly
re-energised, it is clear that a vicious government who may maim and murder the
voice of the so called minorities may have just been birthed.
“Indeed integration is
nonexistent as regional gang ups and supremacy is symbolic with this victory.”
The ex-militant, who had
in January said he and his colleagues would wreak havoc if Jonathan lost,
praised the President for being a true statesman.
He said it was the
struggle of the militants that led to the Jonathan presidency.
Asari-Dokubo said since
the South-South had lost the presidency, ex-militants would meet to decide the
next line of action.
He said, “While President
Jonathan enjoys his moments and basks in the euphoria of a now world renowned
statesman having congratulated Muhammadu Buhari, we must quickly be reminded
that our struggle was never about Jonathan or about the presidency.
“President Jonathan was a
beneficiary of our struggle, our sweat and blood that many bled and died for,
he was never in the struggle and he can never wish away our collective march
forward for statesmanship.
“Yes indeed to an extent
he was a mitigating factor in self determination pursuit as we went on
sabbatical, this mitigation he seem to have willingly repudiated. The days
coming will be critical, we shall study all the conditions and consult widely
before determining the way going forward for our collective existence and
survival as a people. The days coming shall either drive the quest of
integration or further separate us.”
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