Daily Independent Online.
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Monday,July 19, 2004.
Niger Delta
youths disown Dokubo
By Chukwudi Abiandu
Night
Editor,
Lagos
The self-styled freedom fighter for the
people of Niger Delta, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, is in deep trouble and it appears
there will be no hiding place for him.
Reason: The Congress of Niger Delta Youths
(CNDY), an amalgamation of all youth bodies in the Niger Delta, has denounced
the activities of the social reject and leader of the militia group that claims
to be fighting for the emancipation of the people of Niger Delta.
In a statement at the weekend in Lagos, the
CNDY through its President, Comrade Mfon Joe Etukudoh, used such words as
“miscreant, outcast, agent of destabilisation, notorious criminal and
known terrorist” to describe Asari Dokubo.
In the statement, the congress expressed
its disdain and utter embarrassment of the nuisance exhibited by Dokubo.
Entitled “Asari Dokubo is a wanted
criminal,” the statement enjoined the leadership of the parliamentary
caucus from the Niger Delta of the House of Representatives to advise the people
of Niger Delta, the Nigerian nation, the international community and all men of
goodwill to ignore the clown as his days were numbered and the long arm of the
law would catch up with the miscreant, who it said must account for his
misdeeds and innocent blood he has shed.
Etukudo recalled the congress’
earlier statement on the activities of hoodlums who hide under the aegis of
fighting for the survival of the people of Niger Delta in which the CNDY
dissociated itself from the activities of Dokubo and disowned him and all those
associated with him.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Ijaw
Youth Congress (IYC), Ijaw National Congress (INC) and Congress of Niger Delta
Youths (CNDY) are legitimate vehicles for the promotion of change with the
objective to seek, through dialogue, the economic and political development of
the people of Niger Delta who have suffered deprivation and degradation as a
result of oil exploration and exploitation over several decades,” Etukudo
stated, adding: “We are not a militant group and will resist any attempt
by Asari Dokubo and his cohorts to cloth us in the ‘colour’ of a
militia.”
