Power shift: Asari-Dokubo urges Rivers residents to protest ‘injustice’

A former warlord and leader of the Niger Delta People’s Salvation and Volunteer Force (NDSVF), Alhaji Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has urged Rivers residents to protest the alleged injustice on rotational power among the ethnic groups in the state.
The former warlord urged the people to ensure that each of the ethnic groups had its turn to lead the state.
He said it would amount to high-level injustice if Rivers indigenes were not allowed to enjoy equal access to power through a rotational arrangement.
According to him, it will be an act of injustice, if power remained with one ethnic group.
Asari-Dokubo said the best way to attract peace, equity and justice was to give other ethnic nationalities the opportunity to govern Rivers State.
The NDSVF leader spoke yesterday at the funeral of his grandmother, Princess Preba Abigail Prince Ekineh, at Buguma in Asari/Toru Local Government Area.
He said the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP’s) presidential candidate, President Goodluck Jonathan, had no competitor in next year’s election.
Asari-Dokubo said Jonathan haddone well in all sectors of the economy, adding that he would get massive votes in the 2015 election.
According to him, the PDP presidential candidate had already won.
Asari-Dokubo said: “It is injustice for one set of people in Rivers State to continue to rule. Rivers State is a multi-ethnic state and all the ethnic nationalities must have access to government. So, whoever is encouraging this perfidy does not mean well for the people of the state.
“That’s because I know that someday the deceit will explode. The people must protest against this. The only way out is to seek justice and equity in search of the next governor of Rivers State. I expected all the political parties in Rivers State to field candidates from the ethnic groups crying for justice.
“With what Jonathan has done in all the sectors of the economy, I am optimistic that he will win in 2015. I am not afraid of anybody. He has already won.  My confidence is that he is going to get the victory.”