Judging from Dukubo's statements after the meeting, Obasanjo and his handlers may have concluded that it was not in their interest to kill Dukubo at this time. But, Dokubo seems to be playing the kind of hide and seek game that Sarowiwa played with the Nigerians. It may not be long before some of Dukubo's followers begin to see him as an opportunist willing to cut his own deals with the exploiters of his people. After all, Dokubo began as a thug for agents of the Nigerian regime in Rivers State.
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quote: It may not be long before some of Dukubo's followers begin to see him as an opportunist willing to cut his own deals with the exploiters of his people. After all, Dokubo began as a thug for agents of the Nigerian regime in Rivers State...by Seun
I couldn't agree more. But Mujahid Dokubo would be foolish and naive to think that baba Iyabo Obasanjo means well. Nobody cuts a deal with the Ota moron and escape un-hurt. At the back of Obasanjo's mind before he enters any agreement is the certain knowledge that he will breach whatever has been agreed. So Dokubo should not allow the presidential jets to cloud his vision if he ever had any.
It happened to Uwazurike. Baba Iyabo was was inviting him to Nicon Noga while plotting how to shoot and dump MASSOB members. Ijeomaanuntu was then the single voice of reason but was drowned out.
quote: "...the agreement from Obasanjo for formation of a negotiating team to dialog with MASSOB for Biafra republic."
First of all, i seriously question whether you actually meant that? In anycase, if you did I would have to CAUTION MASSOB about going into " negotiations" with Obasanjo.
I say this for a multitude of reasons: Obasanjo was imprisoning Biafrans just up until July, and he continues to hold MASSOB members in custody. Why the sudden change, and he is " now going to negotiate with us".
We cannot be naiive, and MASSOB going to negotiate with that oaf is naiivitee.
by Ijeoma posted October 09, 2001 01:43 AM
Dokubo must make sure he keeps his shape. BiafraNigerians are not existing for Obasanjo's pleasure and since he has constituted himself into an obstacle any fool who cooperates with him in anything is an enemy of the state.
quote: ABUJA, Oct 1 (Reuters) - A rebel leader accused the Nigerian government of violating a ceasefire and threatened to blow up a critical gas plant on Friday, reviving a threat to Nigerian oil operations which has driven crude prices to a record high.
An army spokesman said the military had received no instruction to stop its operations against what it calls "gangsters" in the oil-producing Niger Delta, and that routine patrols were under way.
Rebel leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari agreed a truce on Wednesday with the government to allow talks on autonomy and revenues for the impoverished delta to take place after earlier threatening to wage "all-out war" against the state.
On Friday he accused the Nigerian military of violating that truce and instructed his militia to respond.
"The Nigerian military are violating the ceasefire. According to our intelligence on the ground
Obasanjo by his internal make-up is absolutely incapable of keeping a promise.
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My fellow BIAFRAN, I was on the verge of putting some down before I browsed through and behold you read my mind. You hit it! I share your views 1000%.
These Ijaw militia boys are in a plain language clueless. Why would anyone on a serious cause fly to abuja despite the wicked obasanjo's past stinking reneges? Lucky this time but shouldn’t count his chickens yet.
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olusegun obasanjo is a crude crook, a thug. That explains why he has turned his courntry into owambe-type free-for-all, where agreements have no worth and everything is possible by bribe. Common criminals don't think much about breaking the terms of agreement or the law. Don't you see what they did with the Aburi Agreements they signed with Biafra.
These people cannot operate within the bounds of agreeements or the law. They know they will be stamping behind in a legitimate competition with Biafra. That is why!!
The way leaders of Ijaw freedom fighters are going with the nigerians, looks like they will learn the hard way.
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The wicked FOOL and his flock are not drunk to the point of messing with American and British interests because total destruction is what they would get. They know enough to stay sober when it comes to western multi conglomerates.
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We beg to differ here. Nothing, absolutely nothing will happen to Alhaji Dokubo. This is a globalised world and any attempt to harm him will draw instant condemnations around the world. The world of today is not the world of 1967-70. This is one truth that has eluded the 40 million Igbo in nigeria today.
Far more interesting is the suspicion around Dokubo himself. The chap was originally part of the Odili-obasanjo-PDP outfit in the Rivers State for fraud 2003. His main battle was with Ateke Tom, the leader of a rival gang. Quite how the inter-gang warfare became transformed into a war of Ijaw liberation is unclear. Also unclear is how Njemanze Street and Elechi Beach in Diobu Port Harcourt became the theatre in the fight for "Ijawland". We are not convinced about the whole set up.
This is our take on the matter: Shell BP and Exxon have indicated that they would move their HQ from Lagos to Port Harcourt. That move has not gone down well with the Yoruba who, wanting to reap where they did not sow, wish to stop the two giant oil multinational companies from moving away from Lagos. The Ijaw of Bayelsa State do not want that move either since they regard PH as Igbo territory. Remember how they opposed the siting of the NNDC HQ in Port Harcourt?
There is a convergence of Yoruba and Ijaw interests in destablising PH. Alhaji Dokubo and obasanjo may well be funding what is essentially a plot to destabilize PH, increase insecurity and scuttle the planned move by Shell and Exxon. Remember, not long ago, Mazi Peter Odili accused an unamed "neighbouring state" of providing the logistics for those attacks. Now draw your own conclusions. --------------------------------------------------
.....your analysis does not explain why Alhaji Dokubo willingly went to Abuja. Dokubo was not captured or anything. So how can a wanted man be flown to Abuja in a so-called presidential jet? How does random shooting at Diobu, Port Harcourt advance "Ijaw liberation"?
I repeat: the Yoruba are using Dokubo to destablise PH, increase insecurity and scuttle the plan by Shell and Exxon to move their HQs from Lagos to PH. This is the essence of the whole farce.
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quote:This is our take on the matter: Shell BP and Exxon have indicated that they would move their HQ from Lagos to Port Harcourt. That move has not gone down well with the Yoruba who, wanting to reap where they did not sow, wish to stop the two giant oil multinational companies from moving away from Lagos. The Ijaw of Bayelsa State do not want that move either since they regard PH as Igbo territory. Remember how they opposed the siting of the NNDC HQ in Port Harcourt? - Amadi O.
My brother, "I could see clearly now the rain is gone" sang Jimmy Cliff. I read ya! Aplenty sense in that article, I agree. Yea! How could a wanted nobody be flown in a customized jet? Some is up Ndigbo, remain vigilant and please share the knowledge with all relevant news outlets and western governments.
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The Asari Dokubo boy really doesn`t know what he wants.I suspect the boy wants to make some noise using the Ijaw marginalisation as a smoke screen.The real qualms here is his short changing in the power play in the Niger Delta.
How can a man at risk of Obasanjo bundling his legitimate cause as mere rascality and terrorism turn around and fly in presidential jets saying that he admired Osama Bin Laden so much that he named his son after him.Surely enough,the yoruba press "helped" him to spread his "message" around the world.I think the boy is technically finished even before he started.
The real game plan might really be to scuttle the planned relocation of the oil conglomerates head quaters from Lagos to Port Harcourt closer to the operational oil fields.Lets watch and see where Baba Iyabo`s antics lead to.i suspect that after he has out lived his usefulness,he would end up in baba iyabo`s jails or even worse.
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From Daily Independent October 1, 2004. The Ijaw dummy named Dokubo-Asari may have blown his cover.
quote:FG may detain Asari Dokubo
How Niger Delta Senators aided his arrest
By Onyekachi Eze Senior Reporter, Abuja
Rebel Asari Dokubo indeed unwittingly walked in on a federal ploy that led to his being held in protective custody. But he achieved at least one feat: a dialogue with President Olusegun Obasanjo and other government officials where his vision, the enhancement of living conditions in the Niger Delta, was discussed.
According to sources, his movement to Abuja would not have been possible without the backing of senators from the Niger Delta who were said to have negotiated with the Federal Government on how he would be treated.
Bayelsa State Governor Diepriye Alamieyeseigha, who is also known as the Governor General of the Ijaw Nation, was said to be part of the negotiation which insisted that the war lord be treated fairly if they have to get him to discuss with the federal authorities.
The discussion took place even though Aso Rock pours cold water on his mode of operation and, by extension, dismisses his own perculier agitation.
The leader of the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) was flown to Abuja on Wednesday in a Presidential jet along with five other members of his group for a meeting with the President after threatening on September 27 to launch an “all-time war against Nigeria” from October 1.
A bragging Dokubo– although himself a valiant armed fighter – had misread the military minds in the Villa, especially Obasanjo, a General in civilian attire keen on deploying, from time to time, his vast soldierly experience of outwitting the enemy by surprise – and, where necessary, with a dose of deception.
He had boasted that from October 1, he would begin to blow up oil installations in the Niger Delta, the country’s golden goose, if oil companies fail to evacuate their employees.
At that point, top politicians from the zone went into action. They went in search of the warlord after receiving assurances from the Presidency and the security agencies that the he would be fairly treated and would not be incarcerated.
The lawmakers pleaded the need for the government to honour its own side of the bargain as an unpleasant fate would likely await them back home if the action turned out as alure to arrest Dokubo.
The legislators prevailed on Dokubo at a meeting in one of his hideouts to accept the olive branch – as such would enable him put the demands of the region on the table for negotiation.
It did not quite turnout to be so. He was held by security agents, a twist in the tale confirmed on Wednesday by Information Minister Chukwuemeka Chikelu, who said the man isco-operating with them on how to resolve the conflict in the Niger Delta.
Dokubo and the leader of another cult group, Tom Ateke, believed to have the backing of the Rivers State Government, were declared wanted by the police for allegedly carrying out attacks in Port Harcourt and its environs.
“This tells you that the government was playing politics all this time on Dokubo’s whereabouts. How long did it take them to fish him out for discussion? All this talk about declaring him wanted was mere gimmick”, a source said.
When these Ijaw people speak of Niger-Delta, they should only speak for their own Ijaw part of it.
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This Eastern Minorities will never learn that you can never trust Obasanjo. Obasanjo and Awusa Oligarchy continue to decieve eastern Minorities that Igbos are their enemies and they continue to dine with the devil Obasanjo. Well when you lay with dogs you get fliess, that is what happened to Dokubo.
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Where was Dokubo-Asari when Obasanjo attacked and razed Odi? Is Odi not in Ijaw backyard? So, Asari waited to declare his Ijaw republic until Peter Odili stopped giving him ransom money. Asari and Obasanjo deserve each other.
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So it now turns out that Dubya warned Obasanjo that American blood will be on Obasanjo's hands if he failed to negotiate with Dokubo-Asari. I was wondering why Obasanjo negotiated with a person from the so-called Niger-Delta, why he did not attempt the same thing he did in Odi.
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Dokubo-Asari is nothing but an opportunistic mercenary. He has already named his price (N750m). Once he is paid, he will return for more ransom. He should be promptly located and executed. There is no need to have discussions with that thug.
quote:Asari Meets With Odili, Wants N750m to Give Up Weapons
P.M. News (Lagos)
October 21, 2004 Posted to the web October 22, 2004
Niger Delta warlord, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, who recently signed a ceasefire agreement with the federal government and other rebel groups, has demanded the sum of N750m to disarm his fighters.
Asari reportedly made this demand when he met with the Rivers State Governor, Dr. Peter Odili, in Port Harcourt last weekend.
The Niger Delta rebel, who had earlier vowed not to meet Odili, who he accused of plotting to kill him, was said to have been persuaded to meet the Rivers governor by prominent Kalabari sons: retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Adolphus Karibi-Whyte and Chief M. T. Akobo, a former Petroleum Minister.
Sources at the meeting told P.M.News that Asari agreed to return 3000 rifles and that each of the rifles will cost the government N250,000.
Even though the Chief of Staff, Rivers State Government House, Fred Alasia, denied any arms-for-money deal with Asari, P.M.News gathered that the rebel warlord agreed to disarm and volunteered to handover 3000 rifles to the government.
Asari's weekend meeting with Odili, P.M.News investigation revealed, was a follow-up to the one the rebel had with President Olusegun Obasanjo at Aso Rock, Abuja, where the arms-for-money deal was struck.
P.M.News gathered further that in furtherance of the peace deal, the Rivers State government has set up a machinery to identify the different rebel groups in the state.
A meeting of the groups, during which the youths took an oath not a fight themselves again took place on Tuesday at Okrika, scene of recent violent clashes.
Details of the meeting with the youths showed that the state would identify what they (the youths) can do, so as to re-integrate them into the society. Some of them, it was learnt, would be get motorcycles, fishing nets and loans to start small businesses.
P.M.News investigation in Port Harcourt revealed that the state is now peaceful, as people go about their normal duties without fear of being molested or attacked.
Most residents of the city who spoke on the current truce between the warring youths expressed happiness that there is peace now, which means they can move about freely.
Some of the youths also expressed their desire to return to their communities and start new lives. "Some of them have not visited their home lands for up to five years for fear of being killed by rival groups," a government official told P.M.News.
Any Ijaw man who dies fighting with Asari is an idiot.
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From this day forward, all is well with the Ijaw people.
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I hear you loud and clear, yet one must understand that Dokubo obviously has more guns than those 188 he gave up. Ateke Tom even gave up 600 guns.
If Dokubo is doing it for money, then he may come back for more, and is only tightening a leash which he has helped them hook onto his neck, till the day they look him in the eye, swallow him whole, and smack their lips in satisfied laughter.
I hope he doesn't carry himself like a buffoon, yet one can't help admire the imaginativeness with which he has outwitted others, and made himself important to the overall Ijaw cause.
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Me I tink say Unkul Sege don dey go too far with im kalabule gofment for Abuja. Which kain nonsense andi smesme be dis, my piple? Me I nefer see wer man pikin go talk say gofment don dabaru contri so tey light no dey for town, so tey water don kpafuka, so tey dem dey tief money nyafunyafu, so tey dem dey kalabule Dokubo land wey oil dey, andi yeye gofment go carry olopa dey carry piple dey go Alagbon. Na real wah 0!
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In all honesty, the arrest of Dokombo was uncalled for. His crime was that he was in an illegal assembely. What consitiutes an illegal assembly? Is that the one not authorized by the police?
Does the constitution of Nigeia permit freedom of speech and freedom to assemble?
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3 days altimatum has been given to innocent and law abiding yorubas in Niger Delta to leave. This ultimatum has been issued by Ijaw youths in the wake of Dokumbo arrest.
What these youths failed to understand is that the yorubas that live and work there are part of them. They have nothing to do with the arrest of Dokombo. What happens if a similar altimatum is issued to Niger Deltans in Lagos? Could that be the beginning of the fulfillment of the American Intelligence Report on Nigeria?
State police or regional police and resource control (true federalism) may help Nigeria solve some of its problems. Nigeria can never work in its present set up.
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quote: Mazi Asari Dokubo arriving court premises with some security men in Abuja yesterday. Fresh charge of illegal possession of firearms has been levelled at him. Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan.
The obasanjo led junior high drama is flying out of handle. Can someone please remember where the money obasanjo is stealing comes from, the source of all the stolen monies? I would rather see the likes of babangida going through this show of shame than someone whose 'crime' emanated from calling for equitable distribution of resources that accumulates from his father’s soil to begin with. The nigerian president should be told to stop this show of shame and go after real criminals of, which he’s the godfather. How unfair!!
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"The Lagos State Gove-rnment has said that factional leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC), Frederick Fasehun and Gani Adams and nine others standing trial for alleged murder have no case to answer."
The double standard continues, but the beauty is that this exposes the abomination Nigeria for what it has always been – a setup put together to rape Africa. In due time all nations will understand that those who live amongst them are their brethren and not the enemy.
The British Birthed Abomination is headed and can only head one way – disintegration, many thanks to the emperor Obasanjo, for making it sooner than most people thought!
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Fasheun, Adams Have No Case to Answer – DPP Dokubo refused bail, goes on appeal From Lillian Okenwa in Abuja and Abimbola Akosile, 11.11.2005
The Lagos State Gove-rnment has said that factional leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress, (OPC), Frederick Fasehun and Gani Adams and nine others standing trial for alleged murder have no case to answer. And in Abuja, the Federal High Court declined to grant bail to leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujaheed Asari Dokubo who is being tried for alleged treason. The Lagos State Gover-nment acting through its Ministry of Justice yesterday advised the Police to release the accused persons, on the grounds that they cannot be charged with the offences alleged against them. This followed an advice issued by the Lagos State Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DDPP), Mrs. Olabisi Ogungb-esan, dated November 10, and addressed to the Commis-sioner of Police, Legal Prosecution Section 'D' Department, Alagbon Close, Lagos. Remand of accused persons had earlier been ordered till November 21, pending DPP's advice. Ogungbesan, in her 2-page statement, corroborated the events that happened on the said date (October 21), but claimed the state did not have proof and concrete evidence which should include the exact identity of the perpetrators of the crime. "Even the identity of the persons alleged to have been killed (Dosunmu) is not substantiated by any concrete evidence inside the case file. Therefore the death too cannot be proved and neither from the available facts can it be proved that it was the act of any of the arrested suspects that caused the death of the people allegedly killed," she wrote. "Furthermore, no statement was taken from Michael Asogba (who was said to have insisted on using an un-registered motor-cycle at the Iyana Ipaja taxi park, which sparked the clash). Evidently, there are numerous gaps in he case file presented to us and it is trite law that evidence of suspicion no matter how grave cannot substantiate a criminal charge. For above reasons, it is advised that the above-listed suspects should not be charged with any criminal offence, and your duplicate file is accordingly returned," Ogungbesan added. Fasehun, Adams and others including Alhaji Saula Saka, Chief Muraina Komolafe, Oluwatoyin Osoba, Samusideen Opeloyeru, Aremu Niyi-Oba, Edward Ajayi Olushola, Alhaji Mudashiru Adeniji Chief Wahab Isiaka and Oyinlola Awe were arrested and flown to Abuja following a bloody clash on October 21 between OPC members and members of National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Iyana Ipaja area of Lagos State, which left about six persons dead, several others wounded and over 42 vehicles burnt. Application against the accused was brought under Section 236 (3) of the Criminal Procedure Law (CPL) Cap C18 Vol. 11 Laws of Lagos State, before an Igbosere Chief Magistrate Court, Lagos, preparatory to their formal arraignment before a Court of competent jurisdiction. Fasehun and others were arraigned on allegation of conspiracy to commit murder, murder, malicious damage to properties, rioting, causing fear to members of the public by bearing firearms, arson and managing unlawful society. A raid of Fasheun's Century Hotel in Okota area of Lagos by the police last week, however, uncovered arms and ammunition. Meanwhile, leader of the NDPVF, Asari Dokubo, yesterday described the refusal of a Federal High Court, Abuja to grant him bail as a travesty of justice. An enraged Dokubo, whose team of lawyers led by Festus Keyamo pressured the Court on Thursday to grant him bail, said: This is justice denied. They changed judges without informing my counsel. They denied me freedom even when there is no evidence against me. This will go down in history." His lawyer has, however, said that Dokubo would be appealing the ruling. Justice Peter Olayiwola took over the trial from Justice Babs Kewumi. Both men have just been redeployed to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Olayiwola in a very brief ruling said: "The charges are weighty and as such I have to exercise caution in the exercise of the discretion of the court. In the light of the circumstance, the defendant/applicant is refused bail." Advancing reasons why Dokubo was denied bail, the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Salihu Aliyu, who led government prosecution team, told journalists after the session that the accused was not likely to be available for trial if he were allowed to go home. However, Dokuboís counsel said the reasons being advanced are highly debatable. Keyamo said: "We are going on appeal today (yesterday). The prosecution could not debunk one issue we raised yet he was refused bail. Everyone saw how badly the prosecution did in debunking our claims. They are now talking about the security risk of granting him bail but that is all false alarm. "We perceive Federal Governmentís scent in this. We are going to test their claims all the way and we are going to confront them all the way." Dokubo's wife who was crying and raining abuses on government said: "This is just the beginning of the crises in Niger Delta. We are going to fight with our last blood. They are colonising us. We will not continue in this slavery. Until the Niger Delta people are free, there will be no peace in this country." A statement titled "Where I Stand - Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari" distributed within the court premises yesterday and signed by one Carol Bakumo read interalia: •Our struggle is to validate the treaties our forbearers signed with the British Crown. •The land and resources found in it belong to the nations who own the land. • The benefits from these resources should go to the people. •Equal benefits should go to all the people. • When we finally win, the people will have: i. Free education ii. Free health care iii. Welfare grants for all our people iv. Clean, safe and comfortable accommodation for all the people v. Aggressive agrarian policy to provide food for the people •Solid democracy that will ensure free and fair elections. •All political offices will be open to all our people except the kings and other royal institutions, which shall follow age-old customs and traditions. • All people shall receive equal pay for equal work. • All genders will be equal. • There shall be freedom of belief and religion. •There shall be freedom of association and speech. •There’ll be immediate industrialization that shall be fairly spread throughout all communities. •We shall become a model for all black race.
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