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MASSOB, Dokubo renew self-determination project?

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Ex-militant leader, Mujaheed Asari-Dokubo has stated that his group, the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) and the Movement for the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) are partners n the agitation for self actualisation.
Dokubo, who made the assertion during the 2015 MASSOB day celebration, held in Owerri, Imo State, 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.
Speaking further, the former militant condemned the amnesty granted to the ex-Niger Delta militants by the late president, Umaru Yar’adua, describing the action as 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 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.
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.

Meanwhile, members of MASSOB had a confrontation with the police at the Assumpta Roundabout while riding in convoy to the state capital for the celebration.

An eyewitness account had it that the police who had stationed their vehicles at the popular Control Post, Owerri, asked the MASSOB members to retreat but they refused and were teargassed by the police.

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  1. Jedimaster

    June 1, 2015 at 1:01 am

    These lot seem to just blow hot air. None of these groups seem to have a clear cut manifesto or plan of action and realistically speaking, Nigeria is better off united.

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