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The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, according to The Punch, has dared Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, to be prepared to meet him on the battle field.
Speaking on Thursday night during a strategic partnership session with former militant leaders organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dokubo recalled how Shekau threatened that the violent Islamic sect would soon come for President Jonathan.
“They are starting oo! Shekau (Boko Haram leader) said in his video that we should not play with them. He said ‘Goodluck, I am coming for you. Niger Delta, we are coming for you.’ Are we going to allow them? They will shoot the guns; throw the bombs and that is when we will dance.
“2015 is more than do-or-die. It is our very survival that is being challenged; it is our very existence that is being challenged and we must tell them; you are a man and I am a man, we are going to meet at the battlefield. Be prepared, be watchful. The enemies should not be allowed. In this region, there will be only one vote.”
He further went on, "the people from the North have said that NDDC should be scrapped. They said 13 percent derivation should be reduced to five percent and that nobody owns oil.
“We have to gather again and tell them (North) that they dare not do it (scrap NDDC and reduce derivation). If they (North) try it now, they will see it. It is because our brother is the President; that is why we are hanging it (peaceful).”
He also lamented the situation whereby huge contracts were awarded to non-Niger Delta indigenes without consideration for the people of the region and called on NDDC to empower the region.
Speaking on Thursday night during a strategic partnership session with former militant leaders organised by the Niger Delta Development Commission, Dokubo recalled how Shekau threatened that the violent Islamic sect would soon come for President Jonathan.
“They are starting oo! Shekau (Boko Haram leader) said in his video that we should not play with them. He said ‘Goodluck, I am coming for you. Niger Delta, we are coming for you.’ Are we going to allow them? They will shoot the guns; throw the bombs and that is when we will dance.
“2015 is more than do-or-die. It is our very survival that is being challenged; it is our very existence that is being challenged and we must tell them; you are a man and I am a man, we are going to meet at the battlefield. Be prepared, be watchful. The enemies should not be allowed. In this region, there will be only one vote.”
He further went on, "the people from the North have said that NDDC should be scrapped. They said 13 percent derivation should be reduced to five percent and that nobody owns oil.
“We have to gather again and tell them (North) that they dare not do it (scrap NDDC and reduce derivation). If they (North) try it now, they will see it. It is because our brother is the President; that is why we are hanging it (peaceful).”
He also lamented the situation whereby huge contracts were awarded to non-Niger Delta indigenes without consideration for the people of the region and called on NDDC to empower the region.
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