AN EYE OPENING INTERVIEW WITH ASARI DOKUBO

BIAFRA FAMILY WRITERS INTERVIEWS ASARI MUJAHID DOKUBO

Chief Mujahid Asari Dokubo

Chief Mujahid Asari Dokubo with the Family Writers Crew

Chief Mujahid Asari Dokubo, the former Ijaw Youth Council President and founder of the defunct Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) He took his time off the mounting tension to address FAMILY WRITERS. In an extensive chat with Ibeh Gift Amarachi, Blessed Orji and Chima Onyekachi, he proudly as a Biafran freedom fighter poured out his love and closeness to Igbo Biafra extraction.

SIR, MOST PEOPLE ARE SEEN TO REPEATEDLY TAG THE BIAFRA QUEST TO BE AN IGBO STRUGGLE, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THAT?


Biafra is never an Igbo struggle alone, every region in the old Eastern Nigeria is Biafra. The name BIAFRA was suggested by Chief Frank Opigo, who was the then proprietor of Niger Grammar School at the Eastern Nigeria Consultative Forum. Anybody who is saying that, the Ijaw people, Efik,Ibibio are not Biafrans is just been mischievous and are working against the interest of their people.


WHAT DOES BIAFRA AS A NATION MEAN TO YOU?


Nations are not created. Nations must remain natural to the people and must be accepted by the people. Biafra has existed before Nigeria and the people of Biafra have been together for a very long time. For instance, the Cities of Ijaws, Nemba Brass, Akasar, Grand Bonny, Opobo, Okrika spiritually look up to Arochukwu Chukwuabiama which they call Chukwu.

If you want to have a child or your wife is pregnant and you happened to be a high chief in those days in Kalabari, you will send people to go and make some consultations if the child can carry out your legacy in Arochukwu that is how close we are to each other. A lot of people don't know that the main religion we practice in Ijaw, is same with Efik and every other region in Biafra land. Everybody worships Chukwuabiama. If today the main deity Asoko which Kalabari people worship and something eventually gets wrong, one will be asked to go to Arochukwu or Osuzu for consultation, which is also a shrine of Chukwuabiama. A lot of people don't know the Truth.

They just open their mouths to talk trash. All of us got our roots from Arochukwu, in fact where the Arochukwu's presently are; it was the Ibibios that left there. This is facts that nobody can keep aside.

A LOT OF SPECULATIONS HAS BEEN MADE OVER THE DICTATORSHIP ACTS OF MOHAMMADU BUHARI THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND HIS QUEST TO STOP BIAFRA INDEPENDENCE. DO YOU THINK BUHARI CAN STOP THE RESTORATION OF BIAFRA?


The restoration of Biafra, have nothing to do with an individual. It is our responsibilities and actions that will restore Biafra. To those of you who are Christians, there is a biblical verse that says; "When the enemy comes like a flood against us, a standard will be lifted up against them". The question is who are those ready to meet the standard? The Indigenous People of Biafra have shown strength and resoluteness, so they should continue been strong. They should carry out one on one campaign all over Biafra land, not just in Igbo land. Resolution must be shouldered by a particular set of people, before it will get to others. It is our collective responsibilities that will make Biafra restoration a Success.


IN THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDIA CHART, MOHAMADU BUHARI CONDEMED NNAMDI KANU OVER HIS POSSESSION OF PASSPPORT AND LABELLED IT TREASONABLE. WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?


Buhari does not understand what he is talking about. Just ignore him, he is a stark illiterate. He is talking of dual citizenship, but his daughter Zarah Buhari is in possession of dual passport, that is a Nigerian and British passport. With Zarah Buhari's dual citizenship, have she committed treason also? My Children are also in possession of dual passports, have they also gone against the Law governing Nigeria? If it’s a crime to be a dual citizen, then he should arrest his daughter and his other children who were born abroad. In fact, Buhari doesn't know what he is talking about.




FOLLOWING THE UNLAWFUL DETENTION OF THE LEADER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF BIAFRA MAZI NNAMDI KANU AND THE BREACH OF JUSTCE DONE BY JUSTICE JOHN TSOHO ON SECRET TRIAL,DO YOU THINK NIGERIA JUDICIARY CAN LET JUSTICE PREVAIL?


There is no Justice in Nigeria. There is no way Nigeria government will let Justice prevail in Nnamdi Kanu's case. Nigeria cannot give any Biafran Justice, including Nnamdi Kanu. I have gone through that before. They wanted to put me on secret trial to stop me from coming to the court, but my Lawyer fought against it. So, Nnamdi Kanu and every Biafran should never expect Justice, from this darkness called Nigeria.


WHAT MESSAGE WILL YOU LEAVE FOR BIAFRANS?


I want our people to be steadfast. We can see our destination and we must arrive at it. Biafra will be the hope not just for Biafrans alone, but every Blackman.