Sunday July 20, 2025
By TheNewsDESK |
Oodua People’s Congress( reformed) leader, Chief Dare Adesope has sent a strong warning to former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, for calling the Yoruba as betrayers.
The ex-militant leader, during a live broadcast circulating on the internet had recently accused Tinubu and Yoruba of being betrayers.
Dokubo also vowed to form an alliance with the north to work against Tinubu’s re-election in 2027.
Adesope, in a statement issued in Lagos, said the former militant leader should speak for himself and not ruin the good relationship that co-exists between the Yoruba and the Ijaw people.
Adesope said that Asari Dokubo didn’t represent the Ijaw people in his recent outbursts and he should be ignored and left to stew in his juice.
The OPC leader also said it would have be difficult for the ex-militant to be where he is today without the help of Tinubu as he had earlier admitted in an interview he did on line in 2023 that “Tinubu bought him his first car on his return from prison and he also pay his children school fees, feeds his family and even give his wife a house.
According to the OPC leader, Asari is a selfish two faced character who after visiting President Bola Tinubu two years ago promised to do all in his power to stop oil theft in the Niger Delta region thinking the pipeline contract would be given to him.
He said, Dokubo is only grieved that his brother Tompolo is the one benefiting the pipeline surveillance contract, reason he turned around to pass insults on Tinubu.
“Asari cannot point to any of his followers he has empowered because he is a self-centered leader, let him mind his choice of words where Yoruba people are concerned or else we will restrict his movement in Yorubaland.
“This is how he pushed Fubara bragging that if Wike removed him something would happen, but nothing happened except the state of emergency and he has not done anything since then. So, the Ijaw Nation I know can never descend so low to the point of requiring Asari Dokubo to lead it because his utterances are immature and unstable,” Adesope added.
