Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Asari Dokubo
The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji
Asari Dokubo, has said that Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta
(MEND) is a faceless organisation which no longer existed as far as the
struggle for people's emancipation in the region is concerned.
Speaking against the background of the controversial statement issued
last week by MEND endorsing the candidacy of the presidential candidate
of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, the
former militant leader described the acronym, MEND as pseudonym being
used by the imprisoned Henry Okah to extort money from ignorant persons.
Asari Dokubo also said the name Gbomo Jomo, who always signed
statements on behalf of MEND, is not known to any nationality in the
Niger Delta region.
"Our people say birds of the same feathers flock together, it is not
strange that this organisation is endorsing Buhari. First, I have always
maintained that there is nothing like MEND.
"When I was in prison, the organisation I lead, NDPVF, the NDPSF and
other organisations came together to stop my arrest and they wanted a
faceless organisation. Some guys, including Henry Okah, were sent to me
in Kuje prison for us to get a name and to get my opinion on what they
were going to do,
"I accepted though majority of members of NDPV resisted it, I told them that we should be faceless and so they formed MEND."
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