Niger Delta People Are With Buhari – Prof Charles Dokubo

Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said that the achievements of the president in the oil rich region will earn him more votes than he got in 2015.

He then said, for this to be a possibility, the people must stay away from inciting violence and blackmailing innocent persons working to advance the cause of the Niger Delta under President Muhammadu Buhari.

His words, “I arrived Abonnema on Friday evening to enable me to cast my vote the next day, before the election was postponed. But I was shocked when my attention was drawn to a post on social media alleging that I aided thugs to attack the PDP secretariat at Abonnema.

“This is a wicked and dangerous lie as I had no dealing with any thug and didn’t step out of my residence in my brief stay in the community. But for the presence of my security men, my residence would have been attacked over a false alarm.”

“The Niger Delta people are with President Buhari because they are reaping the gains of Amnesty Programme since I came on board. With Mr. President’s support and determination, we were able to commission a world-class vocational training centre for our beneficiaries at Agadagba-Obon, Ondo State recently.

“A few days later, we commenced distribution of starter packs to residents of communities impacted by crises in the Niger Delta; commissioned a liaison office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, and also performed foundation laying ceremony for another vocational training centre of the Amnesty Programme at Gelegele, Edo State. All these we did within a period of two weeks, and it has endeared Mr. President to the Niger Delta people. So, the opposition is jittery of an imminent defeat and therefore doing everything to cause chaos. The allegation of sponsoring thugs at Abonnema against me is a step in this direction.”