Leader of the Niger Delta
Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo yesterday
continued his attack on President Goodluck Jonathan, saying it is unlikely he
would return in 2015.
The NDPVF leader in an interview with journalists
in Lagos said his kinsman had lost
the sympathy and support of well-meaning Nigerians.
The former President of Ijaw Youth Council, however,
added that it was not too late for Jonathan to reconcile with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He noted that if the president wanted to regain
confidence of Nigerians, he should urgently
deliver on his electioneering promises.
He also advised the Number-One-Citizen to do away with self-seeking and selfish
aides around him.
Asari-Dokubo further attacked the Special Adviser
to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, describing the
latter’s reaction to his last interview as "arrant nonsense, rubbish and
childish."
"I don’t want to reply Abati, the famous
author of crab theory, who was desperate to defend his boss just because he
wants to justify his wages. What does Abati know? Am I struggling to be
President in 2015?"
"What is the correlation between why is the
East/West Road not being constructed and the poor performance of the
Presidency, including the inability of President Jonathan to curb corruption in
his administration and the crab theory by Abati?
"Abati is just childish; his arguments were baseless, just
struggling and managing to salvage the dwindling fortunes and sagging image of
the Presidency."
On the rift between the President and OBJ,
Asari-Dokubo debunked claims of the Presidency which states the contrary: "Everybody knows that there is a
quarrel. Has Obasanjo not been criticising Jonathan openly?
"Has Obasanjo not said that he was not
prepared to keep quiet if things are wrong? Do you need to be told that there
is a rift when Obasanjo, who took his position as the Chairman of the Board of
Trustees, of the Peoples Democratic Party, as between life and death suddenly
gave up the job just like that?"
"Was it not reported that Obasanjo has
threatened that Jonathan would not be president in 2015 and that he [Obasanjo]
vowed to continue to criticise him [Jonathan]?"
Asari-Dokubo added that he was ready to assist
Jonathan win again 2015. He however stated that the president was not very
focused, and that the North could use the advantage of his inadequacies to
defeat him.
"I am ready and willing to help him in 2015
but there is something wrong with him [Jonathan], he has been hijacked by some
people and he is not doing anything to remove them. Jonathan is not on course
at all. Jonathan is destroying his presidency".
"For instance, he got to power majorly by the
support of the social media that is the vehicle in which he was brought to
power but as I am talking to you today, he has lost all his Facebook fans. He
[Jonathan] is going down every day."
"How can he [Jonathan] deliver when everybody
around him are sabotaging him? The people around Jonathan are vicious but
somebody like me will not keep quiet to allow Jonathan to lead us to avoidable
bloodshed."
Asked if he was ready for a truce with the
Presidency, Asari-Dokubo stated, "I am not ready to be called by anybody
because I went to him [Jonathan] many times to intimate him that his conduct
would bring disgrace to us. I told him that my brother, you are not doing well.
My conscience is very important to me, I cannot keep quiet at all, it makes me
sick.
"But I am and will continue to fight for him
[Jonathan], for the Ijaw nation, the South/South and the deprived people, who
stood by him [Jonathan]. What Jonathan represents is greater than him.
"The Presidency does not need to reach out to
me. Jonathan is not representing himself, Presidency is not the personal
property of Jonathan; it is the property of those who died throughout the
country to make him the president of Nigeria in 2011."
The former militant leader described the former BoT
Chairman of PDP, Chief Tony Anenih as "a liability to the
Presidency," saying it was unfortunate that Jonathan continued to
associate with Anenih despite his "credibility baggage."
"For me as a person, I believe in the sayings
that ‘show me your friend, I will tell you who you are. For Goodluck Jonathan
to continue to associate with Tony Anennih despite a series of allegations
against him is unfortunate.
"But there is a remedy for him [Jonathan]
because he has two years more, ending on May 29, 2015, if he can make amends.
Let him genuinely reconcile with Obasanjo, his benefactor, listen to and align
with Nigerians, who elected him in 2011.
“Let him severe and cut off the people around him,
who never wished Nigeria and Nigerians well and redeem the battered image of
his administration by delivering on his electioneering promises to Nigerians.
"Jonathan should be prepared to fight
injustice and corruption in the remaining two years and remove the deadwoods in
his government and move the nation forward.
"All hopes are not lost if he can make amends, but his chances of
re-election in 2015 is slim and narrow if the present trends of inactivity by
his administration continue."
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