by Elombah.com
THE Okrika
National Youth Movement said, on Friday, that personal issues rather than
altruistic national agenda are behind the attacks launched by Mujaheed
Dokubo-Asari against President Goodluck Jonathan and his
government.Dokubo-Asari had, at a press conference held in Abuja and separate
media interviews, criticised
President Jonathan
for neglecting the South-South region, adding that a clique had hijacked the
president.
He said that the
neglect of the South-South by Jonathan could cost him a second term in office
in 2015.
He also claimed
that the said clique controlling the president caused the feud between Jonathan
and former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
But the Okrika
Youth Movement in a statement signed by its president, Mr Anthony Amieyefori,
and secretary, Comrade Ibiyoma Lloyd, said that the former militant was
fighting a selfish battle and that he had decided to voice out having failed to
get a renewal of the contract for pipeline security granted him and some former
militants.
The group said:
“Asari owns a pipeline security outfit to stem the rising wave of piracy on the
Niger Delta waters but failed to work for the objectives for which the contract
was given after millions of dollars have been paid to him.“In spite of the
shameful failure above, he and those in his category have mounted series of
pressures on the presidency, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, as well as
the petroleum minister for the renewal of such contracts.
This is most
unfortunate and goes to show that unlike Government Ekpomupolo (Tompolo) whose
Oil Facility Surveillance Company is working in the Delta axis to rid the state
of oil thieves, Asari’s supposed struggle is about self and self alone.”
The group also
linked recent outbursts of the ex-militant to alleged attempts to get one of
his favourites appointed as Niger Delta minister, adding that the cold
shoulders he had received from the presidency led to the recent
outbursts.According to the group, the declarations of Dokubo-Asari were not
representative of the views of the people of the Niger Delta, whom the group
said were firmly in support of President Jonathan and his policies.
The group further
wrote: “We are convinced that another vital reason for Dokubo-Asari’s attack on
President Jonathan is not unconnected with his consistent lobby on behalf of
his friend, a presidential aide whom he (Asari) wants appointed as Niger Delta
minister.
“Therefore, we
implore all Nigerians to ignore Asari and regard his vituperations as products
of a helpless lobbyist, who is acting the script of personal interests and
those of his friends who have personalised every opportunity arising from their
supposed struggle for the people of the Niger Delta.”
“In a nutshell,
Asari’s comments do not reflect the opinion of the Niger Delta people as he
speaks for himself and he is acting the orchestrated script of some unseen
over-ambitious persons within the presidency.
No comments:
Post a Comment