From Femi Folaranmi, Yenagoa
Ex-agitators, leaders and stakeholders from the six states of the Niger Delta region under the auspices of Niger Delta Advocate for Peace And Good Governance Group, NDAPGGG have commended the leader of the defunct Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujahid Asari for standing for the Niger Delta region over issues of injustice and oppression.
NDAPGGG, during a meeting held in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, and convened by ex-militant leader, Comrade Fiawei Pathfinder, also known as General Osama; Secretary, Comrade Sir Dr. AK Peters and National Woman Leader, Comrade Bridget Eyimosaon, described Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo Asari who clocked 60 as the face of the Niger Delta struggles in the quest of resource control and emancipation of the Niger Delta people.
General Osama while addressing newsmen after the meeting, said Asari is a symbol of a universal freedom fighter following the footsteps of Nelson Mandela of South Africa, the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew and many more global freedom fighters who stood firm fearlessly in the liberation of nations and their people.
“Mujahid Dokubo Asari, the Ediabali of Kalabari kingdom is known to be a fearless, dogged, outspoken, courageous, and defender of the Ijaw ethnic nationality and by extension the Niger Delta region. He is a patriot and force to reckon with in the Nigerian state as a whole, therefore we deemed it necessary to honour their own leader who is always at the forefront in agitating for the right and it’s privileges of the Niger Delta people.
“We see him as a beacon of hope for liberation of the Niger Delta people in the agitation of resource control and icon of true federalism even at 60 years, and he has never lost the vision and strong believe in the struggle for the holistic emancipation of the entire Niger Delta region who still commits himself to the emancipation of the Niger Delta region.
“He is a strong voice who has pressed and sustained the fight for fairness, equal rights, equity and justice to ensure the issue of resource control and fiscal federalism is actualized in the interest of the people of the region and Nigeria as well.”