Leader of the Ijaw
Youth Council, Mr. Asari Dokubo, has condemned the amnesty granted to the
ex-Niger Delta militants by the late president, Umaru Yar’adua.
According to him, this
was a bribe to allow oil flow from the Niger Delta region to the North. He said
that was the reason he rejected the offer.
Dokubo, who gave the
clarification during the 2015 MASSOB day celebration, held in Owerri, Imo
State, also faulted the national conference organised by the Federal
Government, insisting that the exercise did not represent the views of the
Niger Delta region that is yearning for a referendum.
“It only represented
the views of the rest of the country. Let us be allowed to have a referendum.
We have the right to hold a referendum on where we want to go,” he argued.
He described MASSOB and
his group as partners in progress who are moving in the same direction to
arrive at a common destination as one people and nation.
Dokubo, who faulted the
last general elections in the country, decried the pace of growth and
development of the nation over the years, noting that there should be massive
infrastructural provision to stimulate the economy with conscious and
unpolluted efforts to bring about industrial growth and job creation.
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