President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly taken a stance to prohibit ex-Niger Delta militant leaders from visiting him at the presidential villa in Abuja…
Leadership reports that the decision was taken in the aftermath of the visit to President Tinubu by the leader of the defunct Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, (NDPVF), Mujarhedeen Asari-Dokubo, on June 16, 2023.
According to the report, President Tinubu, in ordering the action, was disturbed by public utterances and actions of Asari-Dokubo in the aftermath of his visit to him days after he assumed the mantle of leadership of the country. President Tinubu is reported to have been bothered that all “verbal vituperations and militant activities” of Asari-Dokubo in the Niger Delta were subsequently linked to him after the June audience with Dokubo.
However, his public statements and actions following his visit to Tinubu’s office raised concerns. Asari-Dokubo, speaking with State House reporters as he exited the villa, criticized the Armed Forces for their alleged involvement in economic sabotage such as crude oil theft and vandalism of oil equipment in the Niger Delta region.
Recall that after his visit to President Tinubu, Asari in a chat with the State House reporters, took on the Armed Forces, accusing its personnel of being neck-deep in economic sabotage, especially crude oil theft and vandalism of oil equipment in the region. The allegation, it was revealed, ‘embarrassed and shocked’ Tinubu, especially because he made the revelation, moments after departing his office.
The report added that sources within the presidency said that Dokubo’s outbursts against the military within the vicinity of the villa gave the inkling that the president shared the same views with the notable ex-militant commander. The sources said the President was ruffled by the attacks on him by notable Nigerians over the utterances and actions of Asari-Dokubo, especially his “effrontery in the reckless public assemblage of gun-wielding youths in his enclave in Rivers State.”
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