Asari-Dokubo unhappy Tinubu siding Wike over Fubara, cries out against president
A former Niger Delta agitator, Asari Dokubo, has expressed his displeasure at President Bola Tinubu’s support for the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Barr. Nyesom Wike, against the governor of Rivers State, Sir Siminilaye Fabara.
Dokubo, in a viral video, laments President Tinubu’s preference for the FCT minister Nyesom Wike in his running battle with his successor, Siminilayi Fubara, and that the president should also consider their relationship, wondering why Tinubu would not prioritize his Ijaw people over Wike .
In the video that popped up on Wednesday night, Dokubo addressed Tinubu, saying, “Mr. President should also have respect for my feelings. I am an Ijaw man. If the President chose Wike and refuses to show respect for my feelings, then if anything happens, he should not call me.
“I stood by him, but there will come a point I will have to choose between my people and my friend. Fubara is a no-go area. Fubara has not given me money; you can go and say it. Why are the politicians following Wike? Because na Wike dey give money pass.
“They say Fubara be like aka gum, so if I choose to follow aka gum and leave POS Africa, it shows what it means. POS Africa wotowoto na hin e dey give. Him no dey look back. Why him, no go give? Because no be him money na, him corner am”, he said in a broken English
Before now, Dokubo had been one of the strongest supporters of the president and had once threatened to deal with anyone who attacks or talks ill of him.
The relationship was so chummy that Dokubo was even invited to the Aso Rock Villa and given the undue privilege of addressing the press from the State House, an act many Nigerians condemned.
At one point, Dokubo made a video where he paraded his militants and dared anyone to come out and insult the president.
However, one year after Tinubu was sworn into office, the relationship seems to have broken down, as Dokubo has been lamenting on the perceived neglect he has suffered in the hands of Tinubu, whom he sacrificed a lot to get into power.
