The Arewa Consultative Forum and the
Yoruba Unity Forum have chided a former Niger Delta militant, Mujahid
Asari-Dokubo, for threatening to return to the creeks with his people
following the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in last Saturday’s
election.
Asari-Dokubo was reported to have said on
Wednesday that he and other militants might be forced to return to the
creeks because the President’s defeat was owing to a gang up against the
South-South and South-East by the North and South-West geo-political
zones.
He had said, “The conditions that
advanced the need to embrace the creeks have been sadly re-energised. It
is clear that a vicious government which may maim and murder the voice
of the so-called minorities may have just been birthed.
“The days coming will be critical. We
shall study all the conditions and consult widely before determining the
way forward for our collective existence and survival as a people. The
days coming shall either drive the quest of integration or further
separate us.”
In separate interviews with our
correspondent on Thursday, the ACF and the Yoruba Unity Forum described
Asari-Dokubo’s statement as unfortunate, calling on the former militant
to retract his statement and immediately apologise to Nigerians.
The Secretary-General, Yoruba Unity
Forum, Senator Anthony Adefuye, said, “It is an unfortunate statement,
and I am sure he is suffering from the loss of his party. Very soon, he
will recover and apologise to the nation for saying so. He is on his own
because even the Ijaw National Congress and other groups have already
congratulated the President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
“Asari-Dokubo cannot be different. I just advise him to reconsider his statement and apologise to Nigerians.”
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