“If GEJ loses, no more one Nigeria”

The special adviser to the president on Niger Delta affairs, Kingsley Kuku, gathered former militants – who the government has supposedly rehabilitated – brought them to Bayelsa, and swore that unless Pres. Jonathan is re-elected, there will no longer be “one Nigeria.”

The meeting was tagged, ‘Meeting of the Ijaw Nation’ and had in attendance both the governor and deputy governor of Bayelsa state – Seriake Dickson and Rear Admiral John Jonah.

In addition, the warlords who attended the event include Chief Government Ekpemupolo aka Tompolo; Alhaji Asari Dokubo; General Boyloaf and Gen. Young-Shall-Grow.

They insisted that Nigeria’s unity was as a result of the oil produced in the Niger Delta and threatened that they would stop the oil from flowing if the president is denied a second term at the February polls.

One of the militants, Asari Dokubo, chanted about war.

“There is power in Ijaw nation. We are going to war; everyone of us should go and purify himself,” he declared.

Also speaking, Boyloaf said: “There is one Nigeria only because our oil brings us together. Today, they are intimidating one of our own. I, Gen. Boyloaf, I am ready for them. We own the resources, yet they say we do not have the right to rule. Then, we must collect our oil back. If they say they want to take the power from us, then we will take our oil back. We are ready to match them bumper for bumper. Gone are the days when you intimidate people with guns. We are ready. The Nigerian Army cannot police the pipelines from end to end.”

Kuku, a special adviser to the president, continued in the same thread like the militants. He said that the Ijaw nation would not tolerate the continued attack on the President in the north, especially after Buhari was allowed to campaign freely in Bayelsa.

“We will not take lightly again what has been happening to the President in the North. We will no longer accept it anymore. For this country to remain united, they should treat our own as we have treated theirs,” he warned.

Speaking later, Dickson said he would take the message of the people to appropriate quarters, adding that he has a fair understanding of all the issues involved.

credit: thescoopng.com