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Asari Dokubo, Tompolo, Ateke Tom Paid Millions of Dollars Annually by Nigerian Government
America’s Wall Street Journal today revealed the mind-boggling million dollar sums that the Nigerian government has been paying Niger Delta warlords to keep them off the oil pipelines in the past 12 months.
Mr. Dokubo Asari, the former warlord that first shot to national limelight collects $9million every year to keep his estimated 4000 soldiers at bay. ‘General’ Ateke Toms and ‘General‘ Ebikabowei Boyloaf Victor Ben collect $3.5million apiece while General Government Tompolo Ekpumopolo is the most priced of all: he gets $22.5 million yearly.
The newspaper said the figures were gotten from senior officials of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, which makes the payment direct to these warlords.
While Dokubo shrugged off the huge payment he receives, about N1.44 billion, as
We Will Bomb the North With Sophisticated Bombs – Asari Dokubo
We Will Bomb the North With Sophisticated Bombs – Asari Dokubo.
**the arrogance of Boko Haram is un-Islamic.
**the type of bomb they are using is ‘small small pikin bomb’.
**we don’t manufacture bomb, but we buy bombs and dynamites.
Leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed Dokubo Asari, has warned that it would bomb houses in the North with more sophisticated bombs if Boko Haram fails to stop the killings.
Dokubo warned that the spate of attacks by the Islamic sect was capable of leading the country into another civil war that can lead to mass destruction of lives and property.
Addressing the media yesterday in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, Dokubo warned of dire consequences if anything untoward happens to President Goodluck Jonathan.
“On this issue of
There will be Another Civil war if Jonathan is Impeached – Asari Dokubo
Former President of Ijaw Youth Congress, IYC, and leader of Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Alhaji Dokubo Asari, has said that those those who want President Goodluck Jonathan impeached are looking for another civil war.
Dokubo told newsmen in Abuja, yesterday, 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.
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