In reaction to the statement by the leader of the defunct Niger Delta Volunteer Force, NDVF, Alhaji Asari Dokubo to oppose possible re-election of President Bola Tinubu in 2027, notable ex-militant leader and Mayor of Urhoboland, Eshanekpe Israel a.k.a Akpodoro has told the leading agitator to feel free to form alliance with whoever he wishes, saying Dokubo as an individual has the franchise to support anyone of his choice.
The mayor, who spoke to journalists over the weekend in Abuja, where a pro-2027 Coalition for President Tinubu’s re-election bid formed the nucleus of the roundtable conference, added that Alhaji Asari is a respected personality among his peers and should also speak for himself, adding that the entire Niger Delta region is firmly with Chief Government Ekpemukpolo a.k.a Tompolo, also known as the ‘GOC.’
Akpodoro noted that the people of Niger Delta region are satisfied with the socio-economic evolution pervading the entire region in the form of human and material development under the current administration saying, the realities are far cries from the immediate past when the people were deep in poverty and despondency.
He noted that satisfying the voracious appetite of one man is not the standard for measuring the performance of the APC administration in the region, maintaining that, rather, the socio-economic and political well-being of the majority of the people as it concerns human empowerment and growth are the best indices for measuring the standard of governance in the region.
“Tinubu’s government,” the Mayor noted, “emerged through the collective efforts of the Nigerian people including Niger deltans, who overwhelmingly voted for him at the polls and not the making of one man.”
The Mayor further stated that more than it was in 2023, the people of Niger Delta would massively and overwhelmingly vote for President Tinubu to enable him to complete his national reformative assignment.
“The President Tinubu-led administration,” Akpodoro noted, “has been fair to all sections of the country in his bid to build an equitable political system including empowering the next generation of Nigerians to take the mantle of leadership when their time comes.”
“It is mischievous for anyone to expect President Tinubu to patronise him at the detriment of the development and growth. He appointed a technocrat, Dr. Dennis Otuaro, as the Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, PAP; the engine of the service in the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC is grinding nonstop. Those we trust in the region were appointed and more than ever before, our creek is experiencing peace as Tantita Security Services Nig LTD, is waging relentless war on oil thieves thereby whittling down the power of criminals,” Mayor Akpodoro explained.
He urged Alhaji Dokubo to wait for 2027 to align with whoever he so wishes while the rest of the Niger Delta will file behind President Tinubu, a southerner and the one with the Midas touch for a new Nigeria.
Source: Vanguard
