Ex-Niger Delta Agitator, Asari Dokubo says he was opposed to the National Conference of 2024 because it was not sovereign.
He said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s regime has shown is oppressive and has divided Nigeria.
Speaking in an interview with Punch, he said: I was opposed to that conference, and I am still opposed to it because anything that is not sovereign cannot produce anything that would be satisfactory to everybody.
“The Nigerian state, during the time of Buhari has shown how naked it is; it has also shown how oppressive and divided the Nigerian state is. Buhari has clearly shown us that the people of Zamfara can take gold and sell and make money, but the people from Rivers State cannot sell their crude as it belongs to an amorphous country called Nigeria.
“That Rives State will collect N175bn and receive N43b in return, and Kano will raise tax of N43b and receive N120b in return. That is the country in which we are. The injustices that go on in this country are just too much.
“The political elites would pocket anything that comes to them and forget about the rights of the people. Today, people like (Governor Nyesom) Wike are coming to talk. It is not just Wike. Lagos, too, is agitating. This is an All Progressives Congress State but they have also seen the injustice. Why will they raise over N300bn and go home with N100bn?
