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Following the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the March 28 presidential election, leader of the militia group, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteers Front (NDPVF) Alhaji Mujaheeden Asari-Dokubo, declared that his group was ready to commence its bloody armed struggle against the Nigerian state.
Then, he reaffirmed his position over 2015 ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan , warning that if Jonathan fails to return in 2015, Nigeria would witness a heavy bloodshed. Asari-Dokubo said the people of the Niger Delta would not accept even if Jonathan is defeated in a free and fair contest, adding that the President must be allowed to rule for eight years.
Could his threatening statement be responsible for the recent attacks by the Niger Delta Avengers? No one knows, but below is his threatening words against President Buhari's administration.
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“If it is war, the North wants, we are ready for them because Jonathan must complete the mandatory constitutionally allowable two terms of eight years.
At home, we have regrouped and we have put our people at alert.
“In less than one hour, the way we would strike, the world will be shocked. If anybody does anything against Jonathan, we will retaliate. What we will do will shock the whole world. We will cripple the economy of the country not only in the creeks, but also on the nation’s territorial waters, no vessel will be allowed to enter Nigeria’s territorial waters.
“Let them not try anything. If they abuse Jonathan, there is no problem, he is their President but anything that will affect the interest of the Ijaw people and the interest of the entire people of the Niger Delta will be resisted at any cost.”
Asari-Dokubo also vowed that the defeat of Jonathan in a free and fair election would trigger crisis.
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The Niger Delta Avengers attacks come as Buhari's one year-old government is weighed down by shortages of electricity, fuel and foreign currency and an imminent devaluation of the naira currency caused by plunged oil prices, the ongoing Boko Haram Islamic extremist uprising in the northeast and ethnic unrest in Nigeria.
Then, he reaffirmed his position over 2015 ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan , warning that if Jonathan fails to return in 2015, Nigeria would witness a heavy bloodshed. Asari-Dokubo said the people of the Niger Delta would not accept even if Jonathan is defeated in a free and fair contest, adding that the President must be allowed to rule for eight years.
Could his threatening statement be responsible for the recent attacks by the Niger Delta Avengers? No one knows, but below is his threatening words against President Buhari's administration.
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“If it is war, the North wants, we are ready for them because Jonathan must complete the mandatory constitutionally allowable two terms of eight years.
At home, we have regrouped and we have put our people at alert.
“In less than one hour, the way we would strike, the world will be shocked. If anybody does anything against Jonathan, we will retaliate. What we will do will shock the whole world. We will cripple the economy of the country not only in the creeks, but also on the nation’s territorial waters, no vessel will be allowed to enter Nigeria’s territorial waters.
“Let them not try anything. If they abuse Jonathan, there is no problem, he is their President but anything that will affect the interest of the Ijaw people and the interest of the entire people of the Niger Delta will be resisted at any cost.”
Asari-Dokubo also vowed that the defeat of Jonathan in a free and fair election would trigger crisis.
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The Niger Delta Avengers attacks come as Buhari's one year-old government is weighed down by shortages of electricity, fuel and foreign currency and an imminent devaluation of the naira currency caused by plunged oil prices, the ongoing Boko Haram Islamic extremist uprising in the northeast and ethnic unrest in Nigeria.