- Dokubo says the administration of President Buhari has so far been insensitive to the plight of Nigerian people suffering everywhere
- He said the level of corruption in the administration is so high that he laughs at the Buhari-led anti-corruption war
- On the economy, he said the vice president is only trying to placate Nigerians with palliative measures rather than fully tackle economic problems
Asari Dokubo says President Buhari has not handled the country well at all as a leader
Former Niger Delta militant group leader Asari Dokubo has rated President Muhammadu Buhari as Nigeria’s worst leader ever.
Dokubo, the leader of the once-dreaded Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force described Buhari-led administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as ‘deaf and dumb’ in an interview with The Punch.
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He said: “This is the most hostile government. This is the most insensitive government in the life of this country. All our (bank) accounts were put on surveillance, till today, but they found that this man did not steal any money and he is not involved in any criminal activities.
“We just thank God. A lot of people think I must be corrupt but they have looked everywhere and they found nothing.
“This government wrote to us that it was going to pay what they were owing us for contracts we concluded and they certified that the contracts were excellently concluded but they refused to pay.”
To the question of if President Buhari could turn the current economic recession around, he said: “This is a deaf and dumb regime. Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo is trying to placate (Niger Deltans) but that is not enough. We are talking about fundamental issues of self-determination and this issue cannot be swept under the carpet by palliative measures and all sorts of things that people are demanding.
“This is the worst government in Nigeria because they came with the mindset to kill but unfortunately, they found it very difficult to kill us.
“People are racketeering with the foreign exchange to the detriment of others. Some people are buying a dollar for N520, while others are buying it for as low as N185 from the Central Bank of Nigeria. So, when people are talking about fighting corruption, I laugh.
“What manner of corruption could be greater than giving some persons dollars at N185/N190 and others are buying at N520? Now that Osinbajo is trying to block those cracks, the dollar and other foreign currencies have started coming down.
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“When I was driving recently, somebody asked me to come down but I told him I have a waist problem and I cannot walk a far distance. I am not ashamed to tell somebody I cannot walk a far distance.
“People like Femi Fani-Kayode, Ayodele Fayose and I raised the alarm that Buhari was not (feeling) fine but people said we would be the ones to die first. We will all die but why should one lie? This is the question of integrity and Buhari has no iota of integrity.”
Meanwhile, NAIJ.com gathered that some governors from the South-East region have announced their plans to meet with President Muhammadu Buhari over the prolonged detention of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra Nnamdi Kanu.
The governors made the announcement in Enugu while addressing journalists after a meeting.
