Former Niger Delta militant warlord, Asari Dokubo, has said he is not the one in a video widely showing a man insulting President Bola Tinubu.

The video showed a man who closely resembled Dokubo, holding a sword and lamenting that Nigerians are hungry.

Many Nigerians, who took the man to be Dokubo, immediately began wondering whether his relationship with Tinubu had soured.

However, Dokubo issued a disclaimer, saying the man is his brother from Nembe in Bayelsa State.

“I’m not the one in the video. He is my brother, Theophilus. He is from Bayelsa state and I’m from Rivers state. He is from Nembe, while I’m from Kalabari,” he said.

“But we are brothers. Very good brothers. Don’t mistake me for him.”

He went on to reiterate his gratitude to Tinubu, who once helped him during his legal predicament.

A few months ago, he said, "When you have a friend, it becomes difficult to part with him because you have to look back at yesterday. The memories of yesterday will keep on playing in your head.

"In my darkness of time, Ahmed Bola Tinubu stood by me. I can't forget it so easily, no matter what happens."