A group in Rivers State has condemned former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, over his recent criticisms of President Bola Tinubu.
The Rivers Restoration Movement, in a statement issued on Monday in Port Harcourt, took issue with Asari-Dokubo’s remarks accusing President Tinubu of supporting the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, in efforts to destabilize Rivers State.
The press release, signed by the group’s Director General, Hon. Johnson Georgewill, expressed strong disapproval of Asari-Dokubo’s comments, particularly those made during a national television appearance.
In the broadcast, Asari-Dokubo alleged that President Tinubu was aiding Wike in securing favorable court rulings.
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Asari-Dokubo also claimed that the President and Wike were conspiring to remove Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara and threatened unspecified consequences if their plan succeeded. Georgewill dismissed these statements as baseless threats and described them as malicious.
The statement reads: “The attention of the leadership of the Rivers Restoration Movement has been drawn to a baseless, malicious, and misleading statement, laced with empty threats, by Chief Asari-Dokubo on a national television station. In this statement, he accused the President of supporting the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to destabilise Rivers State and allowing the FCT Minister to procure judgments.
“Alhaji Asari also accused the two of plotting to remove Gov. Fubara, and that something will happen if that occurs. RRM, as the leading group that supported the emergence of Governor Siminalayi Fubara in 2023, when the likes of Chief Asari-Dokubo worked against the Governor, would ordinarily have ignored these baseless statements. However, to ensure the public is properly informed, we have decided to respond.
“RRM, on behalf of Rivers people, takes exception to the direct insult and false accusation directed at Mr President by Chief Asari, in which he claimed the President is supporting the FCT Minister to destabilise Rivers State. We assert this because we all know President Tinubu is a democrat who believes in the rule of law and would never support illegality or injustice, as evidenced by Mr President’s response to Pa Edwin Clark.”
The statement further assured Nigerians that Dokubo’s threats were unfounded and had no place in the country’s democracy.
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“Our group wishes to assure Nigerians that all threats made by Alhaji Asari, claiming that ‘something will happen’ if the law takes its course in Rivers State, are empty and have no place in our constitutional democracy. We call on Chief Asari to channel his energy into advising his benefactor, whom he did not support in 2023, to obey the rule of law, rather than acting on sentiments, because Rivers State can never be a lawless society.
“RRM also wishes to state that Asari’s claim of spending over 2 million dollars when he couldn’t even win his unit for President Tinubu is laughable, as it is a barefaced lie.
“Finally, the Rivers Restoration Movement wishes to make it clear that the victory of President Bola Tinubu and Governor Siminalayi Fubara in the 2023 general elections in Rivers State was solely due to the efforts of the leader of Rivers State politics and the FCT Minister, alongside his political family, with the help of God Almighty.
“Thus, opportunists and those without political value should be ignored. RRM firmly believes that Rivers State operates under a constitutional democracy, and the law, though slow, will prevail at the appropriate time.”
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Rivers restoration movement again, continue oooo,