A
former Niger-Delta militant, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, says with the defeat of
President Goodluck Jonathan, he and other militants may be forced to return to
the creeks.
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 non-existent 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 the election, 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 new 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 is an establishment 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 for statesmanship.
“Yes
indeed, to an extent, he was a mitigating factor in self-determination pursuit
as we went on sabbatical. This mitigation he seems to have willingly
repudiated. The days coming will be critical. We shall study all the conditions
and consult widely before determining the way 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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