Asari Dokubo speaks on Nnamdi Kanu’s release after meeting with President Tinubu in Aso Rock

Mujahid Asari Dokubo, a Niger Delta leader and former agitator, said releasing the Indigenous People of Biafra(IPOB) leader, Nnamdi Kanu, would not ease the tensions in the South-East.

Dokubo told State House, correspondents, after he met President Bola Tinubu behind closed doors at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Friday that releasing the IPOB leader would escalate tension.

“During EndSars, Nnamdi Kanu was walking free. What did he do? He poured petrol on the flames of EndSars. Now, he has been caught. What of the people who have died? This is a criminal. He should face the law.

“Releasing Nnamdi Kanu is rewarding criminality and rewarding gruesome murder of innocent people. He should face the law for the actions and instigations he has carried out.”

As reported by The Nation, Dokubo alleged that the incessant cases of oil theft in the Niger Delta could be traced Nigerian Army and Navy.

He said: “The military is at the centre of oil theft and we have to make this very clear to the Nigerian public that 99 percent of oil theft can be traced to the Nigerian military, the Army, and the Navy especially.”

Dtokubo, however, promised to support the administration of President Tinubu to combat the menace of oil theft in the Niger Delta.

In a similar, report Asari Dokubo on Friday, June 16, held a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja.

After the meeting, former Nigeria Delta militant leader and agitator assured that oil theft in the region.

He also assured President Tinubu that he will do all in his power to ensure his administration is a success even as he vows to deal with cabals of oil theft in Nigeria.