Hmmm!! Davis is acting Obasanjo’s script; Chibok girls episode is a scam — Asari Speaks Again
Leader of the defunct Niger Delta Volunteers Force, Alhaji Mujahid
Asari-Dokubo has declared that the Australian negotiator, Stephen Davis
is acting a script written by former Olusegun President Obasanjo by his
recent disclosure on the sponsors of Boko Haram.
Asari-Dokubo in an interview with newsmen insisted that Davis was being economical with the truth.
He said it was laughable that the negotiator fingered former Chief of
Army Staff, General Azubuike Ihejirika and former governor Ali Modu
Sheriff as sponsors of Boko Haram, when the sect had made statements
against the duo.
His words: “I know Stephen Davis very well. I know him to his family.
I think he is economical with the truth. As somebody I know, I was
disappointed. I was the first person Stephen Davis negotiated with. I am
totally disappointed in the politics he is playing.
“He negotiated with me when I was in the creek on behalf of the
European Embassies in Nigeria. He negotiated with me to cease fire and
come out to meet with the then President Olusegun Obasanjo. He
negotiated with me without paying anything. We only agreed because we
thought Obasanjo would be sincere, but it did not happen.
“How can he say opposition is sponsoring Boko Haram and then the
first name he would mention is Azubuike Ihejirika. When did Ihejirika
start to sponsor Boko Haram, was it when it was formed in 2002 when he
was never Chief of Army Staff or when their leader Mohammed Yusuf was
extra-judicially murdered in 2009; when did he start sponsoring if not
that someone is playing politics.
“When you bring pepper soup joint talk to national issues, it is sad.
He has diminished himself as an International negotiator. I hold him in
very high regard but I am disappointed.
“He said former governor Ali Modu Sheriff is sponsoring Boko Haram, and I
ask, when? Was it when they accused him of allegedly murdering Yusuf’s
father-in law who was his former Commissioner? Lest we forget, one of
the demands of Boko Haram in 2009 was that Sheriff should be put on
trial, so when did he start the sponsorship?
“Now, all of a sudden, Sherrif who was a chieftain of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) was not a sponsor of Boko Haram until he
defected to the PDP.
“Now, APC are now shouting. So, when they were hobnobbing with him he
was not a Boko Haram sponsor until now? APC is evil and they are hiding
the truth from people. As far as I am concerned, my friend Stephen
Davis has totally reduced himself.
“All his comments are pepper soup joint talk. He did not name other
members of the opposition but mentioned Ihejirika. The same Ihejirika,
El Rufai and others said should be taken to International Court for War
Crimes, now he said he is a sponsor of Boko Haram.
“Davis is Obasanjo’s friend. Obasanjo brought him to Nigeria and he is
playing Obasanjo‘s script. He is playing Obasanjo’s agenda. Whoever
introduced him to the government should have done a background check on
him”.
On Chibok girls, he reiterated his comment that Boko Haram did not kidnap any teenage girl.
“Just like I read that the #BringBackGoodluck Jonathan signpost
should be removed. Why is the government pretending that some girls are
missing? No girls are missing. They should not play politics with this
thing. Nobody is missing. It is a scam
“There is nothing like that; I still want to believe. There was no time girls were kidnapped”.
Reminded that even the international community were helping out in
the search of the girls, Dokubo said that notwithstanding, he maintains
his position.
“Which international community? The international community that went
to Iraq and said there were weapons of mass destruction, till today,
they have not seen any. The International community that went to Libya
to kill Ghadaffi and today have totally destroyed Libya.
