Former
militant and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, yesterday described Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers
State as a traitor to the cause of the Niger Delta by seeking re-election as
Chairman of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF).
Many
supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan including Asari-Dokubo regard
Amaechi's decision to contest the election which he won as a slight on the
President.
Asari-Dokubo,
speaking on a phone-in radio programme in Port Harcourt, accused the governor
of confronting the President, a fellow Niger Delta citizen and working against
his interest for s second term in office in 2015.
He
declared that the re-elected chairman of the NGF (Amaechi) would be treated
like a traitor, having been confronting President Jonathan, his kinsman from
the Niger Delta, who wants to seek re-election in 2015.
But
the Rivers State Commissioner for Agriculture, Emmanuel Chinda, dismissed
Asari-Dokubo's claim and said opponents of the governors are bad losers.
Chinda
said it is Asari-Dokubo and a few others who are creating problems between President
Jonathan and the Rivers governor for their selfish interests.
The
former militant said of the governor: 'Amaechi and his ambition must be tied to
the ambition of his people. In Kano, Amaechi said he would run as
vice-president, if invited. I speak with all sense of responsibility. The
oppressed people of the Niger Delta, through President Jonathan, will win in
2015. We will win clearly and convincingly.
'Amaechi
is a traitor and he will be treated like a traitor. Amaechi is not more Ikwerre
than me. It is about liberty to rule. Amaechi wants to take us back to slavery.
It will not be possible. The era of Northern godfathers is gone.
'President
Goodluck Jonathan will win in 2015. If they do not allow him to win, they will
not be able to handle the consequences. End must come to the suppression,
oppression, repression and marginalisation of the people of the Niger Delta.'
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