The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has slammed former Niger Delta warlord, Asari Dokubo over recent comments against its leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, who is currently in the custody of the Department of State Service (DSS) for alleged treason charges.
Asari Dokubo recently advised the President Bola Tinubu administration not to yield to pressure to free Kanu, saying releasing the separatist leader meant rewarding criminality and gruesome murder of innocent people.
Reacting through its National Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, IPOB said it was not surprised by Asari Dokubo’s comment, noting that he has been part of the people destroying Ala Igbo and persecuting the youths unjustly.
The group also accused the former warlord of donating his boys to the murderous Ebubeagu operatives in Imo State.
According to IPOB, Asari Dokubo recently confirmed this “last Friday, 16th June 2023, (when) he confirmed his involvement in the security of some states, particularly in Imo and Kaduna States. In that interview, Asari claimed that his boys have been involved in security operations in Imo and Kaduna States and among other places. From his own confession, it is obvious that Asari Dukubo was (allegedly) responsible for the mass abductions and killings in Imo and Southern Kaduna”.
Powerful added, “This is the time to call out Asari Dokubo for the mass killings that are going on in Imo State, Anambra State, and in Southern Kaduna. Recall that Asari Dukubo is a Fulani-trained Islamic jihadist. He must be held responsible for all the extrajudicial executions of innocent citizens.
“We have interviewed dozens of victims and eyewitnesses who told us that the perpetrators are men they (allegedly) identified as Ebubeagu militia working in partnership with Nigeria security officials in Imo State. We have also profiled these murderous men in Ebubeagu and found out that many of them are imported terrorists. We were reliably informed on several occasions that most of the militias are Niger Delta and Fulani boys (allegedly) recruited by Asari Dokubo and bankrolled by Imo State Government. Two of the Ebubeagu boys themselves actually told us that they were (allegedly) working for Asari Dokubo in Imo State.
“Asari Dokubo cannot change.Like a pig, no matter what, he cannot change. We are blaming Ijaw people for keeping mute over the insult and disparaging of Ndigbo by Asari Dokubo. Ndigbo must drag it with Asari, he must understand that Igbo people are not cowards in the world. Asari Dokubo is too small for what Igbo can do”.
The statement further read, “The double agent, Asari Dokubo’s viral videos where he was campaigning and supporting Mazi Nnamdi Kanu are still online. When Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was in prison in 2015, he gave an order that the sum of N20 million is released to Asari Dokubo to train some IPoB volunteers. Mazi Kanu did that to put him to the test and to give Asari Dokubo a chance to reveal his real mission in the Biafra struggle. Instead of training the volunteers as he promised, Asari (allegedly) arranged with DSS to arrest many of the volunteers. It cost IPoB fortunes to bring them out of DSS custody.
“That incident was the time Mazi Kanu and IPoB realized that Asari Dukubo was a DSS agent who was sent to infiltrate IPoB. When Asari Dokubo was asked to refund the N20m, he became furious and started blackmailing and threatening IPoB members. Asari displayed his evil agenda early enough, and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPoB distanced our struggle from him.
“Again, when Mazi Nnamdi Kanu came out of the prison, Asari Dokubo and his gang (allegedly) sold him out to Nigeria military who went to his residence in Isiama Afaraukwu Ibeku Umuahia to assassinate him, but Elohim, Chiukwu Okike, helped Mazi Nnamdi Kanu to escape.
“Since Mazi Nnamdi Kanu and IPoB distanced themselves from Asari Dokubo, he hasn’t ceased to accuse IPoB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu of wrongdoing. Mazi Nnamdi Kanu is a sound intellectual whose integrity and character haven’t been questioned. He is not in the league of militants, treasury looters, and destroyers who speak from both sides of the mouth like Asari. In a sane society, Asari Dukubo should have been in jail for the destruction of national assets such as oil pipelines and equipment and for oil racketeering. Unfortunately, Nigeria is a country that rewards terrorists, thugs, and criminals while persecuting the innocent.
“We are waiting for Asari Dokubo to dig his own grave, which he has already started in his recent interview at Abuja. His hatred of Ndigbo and his quest to destroy IPoB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu through sabotage will buy him the same baggage of dishonour as Ken Saro Wiwa. He will end in the same belly of his paid masters”.