North ‘ll cause another Civil War – Asari
*"We will cut them (the Northerners) off from the world. We are capable of doing that. T...here
will be no food and they will pay dearly for their actions."
ABUJA—Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, and leader of Niger
Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, has said
that those scheming to remove President Goodluck Jonathan from office
were fanning the embers of war in Nigeria.
He also accused Northern leaders of creating the atmosphere of
insecurity in the country.
Asari, who addressed newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, recalled that the Isa
Kaita, who he said represented a collection of Northern oligarchy, had
prior to 2011 general elections, declared that they will make Nigeria
ungovernable for Jonathan should he eventually emerged as President,
pointing out that incessant bombings and killings credited to the
North-based Boko Haram was the manifestation of the threat by Kaita.
Asari also said the North will be the greatest losers should the war
begin. He said: “On Boko Haram, the North will lose. We are just
waiting; they will push us to an extent where we will tell Goodluck
Jonathan that he is on his own. But what will happen will be one that
will be unimaginable in the history of the world.
“We will cut them (the Northerners) off from the world. We are capable
of doing that. There will be no food and they will pay dearly for their
actions. This war will be no joke. There will be no army to prosecute
the war for them. When the war starts, other ethnic groups like the
Yoruba will tell the North ‘you are on your own.’
“We are saying that nothing must happen to Jonathan because if anything
happens to him, the world will know. The arrogance of Boko Haram is
un-Islamic. The type of bomb they are using is small. If we begin to
throw bombs, nobody will stay in Abuja.
“We don’t manufacture bomb but we will buy them and dynamites. I
started armed struggle in the Niger Delta. It is because of Goodluck
Jonathan that we kept quiet.
“But soon, we will not be able to guarantee our patience any more. If
Ijaw people should retaliate, every household in the North will cry. It
is the North that needs peace more than us. Everybody must impress it
on them that they should sheathe their swords and drop their
arrogance.”
Asari said it was an insult on President Jonathan for him to be asked
by Boko Haram to convert to Islam or resign his position. He warned
that the Ijaw nation will retaliate should anything happen to Jonathan.
He urged President Jonathan to urgently convene a Sovereign National
Conference, SNC, which he said was long overdue, to determine the
future of Nigeria amidst the ethnic nationalities.
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