Asari-Dokubo cries out, alleges betrayal by Tinubu, vows to form alliance with north (Video)

Former Niger Delta militant leader, Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has accused President Bola Tinubu of betraying him after working for him to emerge president in the 2023 elections.

Dokubo, who made the accusation in a viral video shared on social media on Saturday, lamented how he emptied his bank accounts to canvas for votes for Tinubu during the 2023 presidential election, only for he and his Ijaw people to be abandoned by Tinubu.

The ex-warlord however, vowed to form an alliance with the North ahead of the 2027 general elections.

“I apologise to our fathers because they were not wrong in allying with the North, and as young men, we will now start that same alliance,” he said in the video.

“From today, I will work and form an alliance with the North. President Tinubu betrayed me after I spent all my money and emptied my bank account campaigning for him.

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“The Tinubu I know now isn’t the Tinubu I used to know. We will take this message across that only the Northerners can work with the Ijaw people.

“We can’t work with Yoruba people; they are a betrayal to us. We risked our lives by voting and doing everything, and this is what we get?”

“From today, I will work and form an alliance with the North. President Tinubu betrayed me after I spent all my money and emptied my bank account campaigning for him,” he insisted.

He also lamented the scrapping of the Niger Delta ministry in a recent cabinet reshuffle by the president, and the formation of a ministry of regional affairs under which the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDc) will come.

He said the ploy is to render the NDDC ineffective which using the resources from the Niger Delta region to fund other development commission.

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