by Iyobosa Omoregie
Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, has vowed to respond appropriately to the recent attack on the President’s convoy in Katsina State.
On Tuesday, January 20, political thugs believed to be supporters of the All Progressives Congress, had hurled stones at the convoy of President Goodluck Jonathan in Katsina state during his re-election campaign.
Dokubo-Asari, in his reaction in Abuja on Wednesday, January 21, said members of his group were putting the world on notice because of the violent action against the president.
He said: “There is an established pattern of pre- and post-election violence in the north. In the 50s when late (Chief Obafemi) Awolowo was campaigning in the north, he went with helicopters and he was mocked.”
“People said he was flying over the houses and peeping on their wives. That has continued and everywhere in the country, people say leave them alone. We don’t want any trouble. But I think the game has changed. The rules of the game have changed.”
“For every action, there will be an opposite and equal reaction. I knew that the signing of the accord was useless and that the President subjected himself to sign such an accord. For me, it was out of place for a President and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces of a country. But the President is a humble person. He does things that even marvel some of us and make us sometimes to be very angry, Dokubo-Asari added.
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