In less than six months of pledging support to President Bola Tinubu, a former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, has dragged and withdrew support to his administration.
Dokubu, in a viral video clip on Wednesday, said that some Niger Delta people, and described President Bola Tinubu-led federal government as the worst ever.
Both Tinubu and Dokubu are Muslims and members of APC.
The former militant, who was a staunch supporter of Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress, APC during the electioneering season, said the Ijaw ethnic group are already angry with the present government.
He lamented that he earlier assured the Ijaw people that the government would perform well, alleging that the present situation has indicated that the Tinubu administration is a nightmare for the Ijaw people.
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Asari opined that the political crisis rocking the Rivers State is serving as a litmus test for President Tinubu’s administration.
According to him, if there would be “any fire” as a consequence of the alleged bad governance, it would begin in Rivers State.
He said, “This is the worst government. Ijaw people feel this is the worst government. This is a nightmare for them. When we were campaigning for you, many Ijaw people called and said “Presido, Tinubu is your friend oo, we hope he is not going to look the other way.
“And I assured everybody that if Tinubu fails, they should hold me responsible. Now they are asking me if I am still sure.
“Rivers State is a litmus test, if there is any fire, it will start in Rivers State.
“I cannot stop them. As an individual, I cannot stop them. I cannot even stand in their way.”
Recall that the former rebel leader of the Niger Delta Militants, Asari Dokubo, vowed to crush the enemies of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu Dokubo in July 2023.
Dokubo, who recently returned from Hajj, publicly declared he is an ally of President Tinubu and ready to unleash militant troops on anyone planning to unseat him.
In a viral video on social media, he unveiled his militants, who were all donning black and singing war songs, with whom he prepared to fight for President Tinubu as the presidential election petition tribunal reaches its penultimate peak.
In a viral video making the rounds on the internet, Dokubo vowed to crush anyone who attempted to cause the downfall of Tinubu,
Dokubo said: “Whatever the enemies are planning, they will fail. I am not a ghost. I just come Saudi Arabia (I just returned from Saudi Arabia). We are here. We work for President Ahmed Bola Tinubu and he will succeed. Anybody who is planning for him to fail, that person already failed.
“We are not competing with anybody. We have never competed with anybody. It is turn by turn. It is Jagaban turn, so, wait for your turn. If you do anyhow, you see anyhow.” In the video, Dokubo openly unveiled his troops, who were donning an all-black costume like a cult gang.’’
