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EXPLOSIVE INTERVIEW! I Can Never Be A Nigerian, I’m A Biafran – Asari Dokubo
Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Salvation Force, NDPSF, and one of the arrowheads in the struggle to redress perceived injustice in the Niger Delta has thrown his support on Nnamdi Kanu, saying he is not a Nigerian but a Biafran.
He said an Nkwere man naturally knows that he is an Igbo man and that the name Biafra was given by an Ijaw man, likewise the Biafran anthem.
He also said that Lagos will not be what it is now if the Ijaw oil cut off.
Alhaji Dokubo-Asari also gave reasons while he said he is not a Nigerian, saying, when he goes up north, they don’t see him as Nigerian but rather, the northerners call him Nyamiri while when he goes to Yoruba land, they call him Kobokobo.
He also said that he does not have any investment in Nigeria because it is an enemy territory and that his investments will not be safe.
Corroborating what the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu had said some days back, Alhaji Dokubo-Asari also said that the current agitation for the sovereign state of Biafra is not a call for war but that of self independence.
Alhaji Dokubo-Asari gave the comments in a video clip posted by him.
According to him, “ I’m not concerned about what Nigerians think about me, I’m only concerned about what Ijaw people think about me.”
“Sometimes I think that, what would those who call themselves Nigerians think about me, they are stealing from us.”
“What sort of worry is more than they go to Abuja every end of the month, 36 states plus Abuja, plus agencies plus 747 local governments to share the resources of souk? What is more criminal than that, while souk remain at the backyard of the world,…” “What is more that somebody come to your house, take your pot of soup, and look at you, and share the pot of soup to different people and then give you just one spoon of the soup that you cooked? So I don’t give a damn about what Nigerians think about me.
They will never think anything good about me.”
“I’d be surprised if any Yoruba man, if any northerner, any Nupe man having think anything good about me. I will be surprised.”
“Even though I’m married to a Yoruba woman, yes, I will be surprised because my action is injurious to them.” “ They enjoyed the money that they never suffered for.
Today Lagos is achieving but let Ijaw oil go let us see whether Lagos would be what it is. Let Ijaw oil be cut off and let us see whether Lagos will be anything.”
On whether he is a Nigerian
Alhaji Asari-Dokubo said, “I’m not a Nigerian. Nations are not imposed on people. People don’t sit down in Berlin or anywhere and make people Nigerians.
Nations are created by the will of the people. My people have never accepted Nigeria and so, how can I be a Nigerian? Nobody can impose Nigeria on me.”
“The free will of the people create nations. If everybody gathered together, the Ijaw people, you know which includes the kalabari people, nobody forced the Kalabari people to become Ijaw people, because naturally, they know they are Ijaw people.”
“So, nobody will force an Owerri man, an Nkwere man to be an Igbo person, he naturally knows he is an Igbo person.”
“So, if we want to be Nigerians, then we have to sit down, and decide for ourselves that today, we are going to be, or as separate identities, and accept Nigeria as our country, as our nation and we become Nigerians.
We’ve not done that.” “When I go up north, do they see me as a Nigerian? They don’t! They call me ‘Nyamiri.’ They call me Nyamiri! When I go to Yoruba land, do they see me as a Nigerian? They call me ‘Omo Kobokobo.’ That’s what they call me! Omo Kobokobo.”
“When a Yoruba man goes up north, they call him ‘Oyede Banza.’ When a Fulani man comes up to Yoruba land, what do they call him? They call him Gambari!”
“I used to hear a story that there were about three people in a bus and the driver asked the conductor, how many people were in the bus and the conductor said two persons and one Gambari.
He said shut up your mouth, is Gambari not a human being? But the conductor said that is your business o, me I know that in this bus there are two persons and one Gamari.”
“So, if in the north there is a riot, they don’t kill Senegalese, they don’t kill British, they don’t kill Lebanese, they will kill a Yoruba man. They will kill an Igbo man, they will kill an Ijaw man. They will kill an Efik man, they will kill others but they will not kill a Lebanese, they don’t kill a Senegalese, they don’t kill Nigerien or Malian.
That clearly shows that they don’t need you.” “Listen to the interview of that rogue that they are celebrating.
People who joined to steal Ijaw people’s resources, Ahmadu Bello. What did he say in his interview? ‘That if they want to employ people in the north, they will first of all take Europeans and so on, then when it comes, if they are going to consider Africans they will take Sudanese and so on but when they are going to consider other Nigerians, they will take them on contract.
It is there, they can’t deny it.” “What country are you talking about? Obafemi Awolowo said Nigeria is just a geographical residence. But me, I’m not a Nigerian, I will never be a Nigerian!”
On having no investment in Nigeria
“Its not about having no investment in this country. Do you invest in an enemy territory? What is the security of your investment? How many times have they gone to destroy the guest house to which Tompolo is staying? How many times have they destroyed the palace of the Pere of Gbaramatu? How did they steal the golden sword of Egbesu? You cannot invest in an enemy occupied territory.”
“Until we rid our territory of the Gambaris controlled Nigerian army and their collaborator, we eject them from our territory, our investment cannot be safe.”
On his thoughts about Biafran agitation
“I’m a Biafran! Yes, in 1967, Biafra was declared and my people were part of the declaration of Biafra.
The man who gave the name Biafra to Biafra was an Ijaw man, Chief Frank Opigo. The man who first played the Biafran national anthem was Cardinal Rex Jim Lawson…1967 declaration of Biafra, I am a Biafran. So, the agitation, I am part of the agitation for the realization of the sovereign state of Biafra.”
On whether dialogue and restructuring can solve the imbalance in the country
“50 years after Biafra, what has been stopping the dialogue? 50 years is not enough for dialogue? 50 years is not enough for restructuring?”
“I am 52 years old. So, since I was three years old, they went to Aburi. Aburi failed. So, what stopped them if they really believed we can co-exist? If they really believed we can peacefully live together, what stops them form restructuring Nigeria, from doing the needful in the past 50 years?”
“Is it now? So we are going to wait for another 50 years under the bondage of the people we are better than? People the United Nation and all agencies in the world said, in educational index, they are the lowest. In poverty index, they are the lowest. In everything, they are the lowest. Infant mortality, they are the lowest. VVf, it is more prevalent in their place. Are they the people?”
“The people who everyday stand up, bring ‘maitasin, bring the ‘izalah’, bring troika versus ‘quadiriha,’ bring Boko Haram, bring this, bring that one, kill people, election violence,… why will we be able to live together with these animals?”
“So, who is fighting” We said we want to go, if they want to die, let them sit with us, we say please oh, we no wan live with you. Na by force?”
“You get neighbor, I don’t have any resemblance with you. Even my father self, if I marry, I no go leave my father house? Na by force say I go live for my father house? Na by force say I go live with my brothers, if they are our brothers? Na by force say I go live with my sister?”
“So, we are not asking for war? Who wants to die? I don’t want to die. I have 21 children. I want to enjoy my life to ninety-something. My grand mother died at the age of 94. My uncle just died at the age of 98. I want to enjoy my life very well, kokoro to the end.”
“So, who is calling for war? Who is calling for crisis? They are the ones who are attacking IPOB members. They are the ones who are killing people. They are the ones who are said they have the power to kill.”
“Nobody is saying we want to kill anybody. Leave us let us go. Like Pharaoh, leave the Hebrews to leave the north. He drowned in the Red Sea. They will drown if they pursue us.”
On the solution
“The solution is for us to leave! Every one of us. Simple. We wan leave. No gragra, no nothing. Na gragra dey tear cloth.”
“I am not a member of IPOB but am a Biafran. IPOB is one of the organization. I am into the Biafran agitation. My method of agitation might be different from the method of the IPOB. But we are going to the same direction so we have to work together. I have to hold IPOB, put our hands together and walk together to our destination. But that does not mean I’m a member of IPOB.”
On the varying opinions of some southern leaders in the country about Biafra
“Which leaders? The people who are afraid, people who are lily-livered? People who are sea sick to frown off their mate? They are lily-livered!”
“That Kano would have 44 local government and Bayelsa will have eight local government and Kano brings nothing, nothing to the sharing at Abuja at the end of the month and you are a leader, why should they take you serious? You have been there always, you cannot talk in front of your people.”
“The Governor of Rivers state would like a slave ‘kokokokokoko, take our traditional rulers, go to Sokoto to go and bow down to the son of Usman Dan Fodio and say he is the Governor of Rivers state. But when he is shaking his traditional rulers, his traditional rulers will bow for him. Such idiots are the people you say are our leaders? Who made them leaders?”
Emmanuel Ndukwe
July 3, 2017 at 7:17 pm
You have Biafran blood running in your vein. You are my main man
Obinna Ejidike
July 3, 2017 at 11:24 am
You are a man sir. Truly son of his father..
Titus Okpala
July 3, 2017 at 7:28 am
South south good morning
Asualor Okwy Nelson
July 3, 2017 at 6:56 am
All Hail Biafra
Christopher Ochini
July 3, 2017 at 6:25 am
Correct
Lazarus Okwudili John
July 2, 2017 at 11:13 pm
My right man.
George Akuwu
July 2, 2017 at 10:48 pm
Nigeria is a fraud I concor with u
Ifeanyi Nwoye
July 2, 2017 at 10:16 pm
Shame to all Igbo’s that speak against KANU… we dey watch
Omori Omori E
July 2, 2017 at 9:14 pm
Who cares
Ositadinma Anudike
July 2, 2017 at 8:56 pm
NNAMDI KANU IS AN AGENT.
He is on a mission packaged by concerned Ndi-igbo especially in diaspora. He (Nnamdi) is just like a vassal championing the course of Biafra restoration, but there are people who are underground engendering the project.
When I say people engineering the project, am talking about incorruptible, intellectuals, billionaire and homesick Igbos based in US, UK, and Asia. They are not like corrupt Igbo politicians, They’re well exposed and learned.
They are the ones who are going to come back and take the mantle of leadership in Biafra not those Biafrans who have been in Nigeria corrupt political system to avoid contaminating Biafra political system with Nigeria virus.
Hope you’re cleared on who Is going to lead us now? So for those saying that Nnamdi kanu will lead Igbos into war.
Nnamdi kanu cannot command or lead igbos into war alone, he doesn’t have the will and might to do it alone. Nnamdi kanu decisions are unanimous.
If he start behaving contrary, the people who elected him as the leader will demote him. He did not made him self leader.
He (Nnamdi kanu) is not the owner of the struggle but he’s working for the good of his people.
You see him going about bowing to those he is suppose to bow for to show how humble he is in carrying out the duties on his disposal.
He understands that he is called to serve and not be served.
So get it into your head that kanu is almost working under instructions.
Remember when he asked for weapons the people called him to order and made him understand that it has not gotten to that.
Livinus Ozioma Chukwu
July 2, 2017 at 8:42 pm
Video: Lagos’ll be nothing if Ijaw oil is cut off – Asari-Dokubo
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/video-lagosll-nothing-ijaw-oil-cut-off-asari-dokubo/
Livinus Ozioma Chukwu
July 2, 2017 at 8:41 pm
Video: Lagos’ll be nothing if Ijaw oil is cut off – Asari-Dokubo
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/07/video-lagosll-nothing-ijaw-oil-cut-off-asari-dokubo/
Daberechi Opara
July 2, 2017 at 8:27 pm
Sad part is that most fools are buying their lies. They create fake FACEBOOK then lie & pay top pages to share them against Nnamdi. They said he is greater than Jesus & that he abandoned those he was detained with & did not go to Court for them. All lies: Them & Nnamdi will appear in Court 11-12th of this month. He never ever said he is greater than Jesus. Nnamdi himself cannot talk without mentioning & appreciating God.
Daberechi Opara
July 2, 2017 at 8:27 pm
Sad part is that most fools are buying their lies. They create fake FACEBOOK then lie & pay top pages to share them against Nnamdi. They said he is greater than Jesus & that he abandoned those he was detained with & did not go to Court for them. All lies: Them & Nnamdi will appear in Court 11-12th of this month. He never ever said he is greater than Jesus. Nnamdi himself cannot talk without mentioning & appreciating God.
Dan Isac
July 2, 2017 at 7:51 pm
Bye bye..see you there…no more free money…can’t stop laughing
Okoo De Law
July 2, 2017 at 7:35 pm
I Am A Biafran I Will Say It Always
Chikodili Kingsley Nwamaradi
July 2, 2017 at 7:29 pm
Ride on
Livinus Ozioma Chukwu
July 2, 2017 at 7:26 pm
BIAFRA: BIAFRANS CAN NEVER ACCEPT THE SAME RESTRUCTURING, CONFEDERATION, TRUE FEDERALISM THAT THE HAUSA-FULANI SIGNED IN ABURI BUT DISHONOURED IN NIGERIA
By Onuoha Endurance
B.Sc (Hons), B.Ed Pol. Sc, UNN
North East is to be rehabilitated , where’s the 3Rs of the civil war aftermath? Since we can reach this height as slaves in our fatherland, think of what we can achieve as a separate nation from the Hausa-Fulani oligarchy and British political economical domination of 103 years.
Since we have failed to produce a national leader and we lack command and control because of perceived selfish interest in the hitherto Igbo leaders like Zik who chose self heroism before national interest, why can’t we all cue behind Nnamdi Kanu now who has undoubtedly earned many accolades as the new Igbo leader and the new face of Biafra locally and internationally? Why does people like Chinedu Nwosu call him and the indigenous people of Biafra urchins and miscreants- people who have single handedly defeated a federal might in media war. People who invented the first and only international digital FM radio receiver which superseeds BBC and VOA and VON put together?
People who are so organized that no federal mole have been able to penetrate them like our various political parties.
People who are peaceful even in the face of the worse persecution and tribulation.
People who single handedly raised funds to be hosted by more than 40 international satelite networks.
People who have attracted foreign journalists to drive home their anger with nonviolence.
A man who single handedly defeated the powers of darkness when fictitious and outrageous criminal charges with death penalty were leveled against him by Nigeria.
A man with vision registered IPOB with the Government of Britain and pays tax to her majesty the queen.
A man whose many prophecies about the zoo called Nigeria all came through and the country plunged into untold hardship when the holy man of Yisreal was arrested.
A wise man who new the…follow link to continue;
Prince Emeka
July 2, 2017 at 7:24 pm
Jackreece Sokari
July 2, 2017 at 7:22 pm
Taaa short up ur gutter
John Lesley Williams
July 2, 2017 at 7:15 pm
He doesn’t want what happened to Ken Sarowiwa to happen to him.
Paul Nworgu
July 2, 2017 at 7:00 pm
A noble man has spoken well
Mustapha K Yusuf
July 2, 2017 at 6:51 pm
Ok Congrat
Freedom Abia
July 2, 2017 at 6:50 pm
Ifeanyichukwu Madunagu Frank
July 2, 2017 at 6:36 pm
Biafra is a must that it will be restored
Aku Dickson Obinna
July 2, 2017 at 6:35 pm
the don 1 of niger delta.. Strong man
Emmanuel Liberty
July 2, 2017 at 6:29 pm
Up Biafra
Don Greg Afam
July 2, 2017 at 6:21 pm
IN BIAFRA WE STAND PERIOD.
Cyprian Mmegwa
July 2, 2017 at 6:17 pm
I am proudly a Biafran the land of the risen Sun
Cyprian Mmegwa
July 2, 2017 at 6:15 pm
One love keep Biafrans together.
Chukwuemeka Finecountry Okeuhie
July 2, 2017 at 6:12 pm
Tress your linage and History is never a bad thing, one love one blood all hell Biafra .
Rockson Udoh Wilson
July 2, 2017 at 6:08 pm
Welcome to the one man’s army from the South South, hehehehehe!
Ajao Babatunde
July 2, 2017 at 6:07 pm
After collecting billions and became rich in the name of Nigeria and just because the money stopped coming,you suddenly port to Biafra. No problem. I hope you won’t do the same thing to them if your journey wasn’t successful.
Promise Nnah
July 2, 2017 at 7:44 pm
The oil is from his home
Ifeanyi Nwoye
July 2, 2017 at 10:20 pm
face your own problems and leave Igbo’s alone.. you can hate Igbo but you can’t stop them..
Ifeanyi Nwoye
July 2, 2017 at 10:21 pm
stand on your own and stop been afraid
Ifeanyi Nwoye
July 2, 2017 at 10:22 pm
stand on your own and stop been afraid
Lazarus Okwudili John
July 2, 2017 at 11:13 pm
Asari is right.
Uche Fast
July 3, 2017 at 9:08 am
Is not force to be one Nigeria
Chibuikem M Chibuikem
July 3, 2017 at 11:06 am
Did he collect your fathers money? Thiefnubu collected from your place and your Yoruba still blindly follow him. Face your region we are not one.
Urch Duke
July 4, 2017 at 6:02 am
Which money. D money from his oil, fool
Obinna Okeke
July 2, 2017 at 6:04 pm
He knows where he is coming from will also knows where he belongs. I’m a Biafrans too
Chukwunanu Ajuru Samuel
July 2, 2017 at 6:02 pm
I can never be a Nigerian too,all hail Biafra