By Emmanuel Adeleke
Former Niger Delta freedom fighter, Mujahid Asari Dokubo, has predicted a landslide win for the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, in the 2023 poll.
Dokubo spoke at an event he organised to mark the 48th birthday of billionaire businessman and founder of Belema Oil, Tein Jack- Rich, over the weekend.
Dokubo, who spoke in Kalabari-Ijaw dialect and English, urged the people of the Kingdom to support Jack- Rick in his assignment as the Chairman, Finance Committee of the APC presidential campaign council.
He appealed to the Kalabari Kingdom in Rivers State and Ijaw people to vote for the former Lagos State Governor, insisting that he possesses excellent credentials to secure the Niger Delta.
“Tein Jack-Rich is representing the interest of our people. He occupies a significant and prominent position in the Asiwaju Bola Tinubu campaign structure. We are celebrating him and giving him our full support on his 48th birthday.
“The whole Kalabari gathered, all the chiefs from Kalabari villages gathered and all have endorsed him to represent and speak for them. They said, come the Presidential election they are going to support Tinubu to become the next President of Nigeria,” he said.
He explained that Tinubu remained the closest corridor for the Kalabari kingdom to benefit in the next federal government.
According to Dokubo, among the all the candidates, only Tinubu could protect the Kalabari, the land and people and develop the kingdom.
“If Asiwaju Bola Tinubu wins, Kalabari will be on top with Tein Jack- Rich. Tein Jack-Rich needs us. The direction he points to us politically is where we should follow, because if we don’t follow, we will cry and cry again.
“Are we going to cry and cry again? Kalabari this is the time. We are political. In the presidential election, we are going to vote for the one that our people are very strategic and close to.
“I can walk into the bedroom of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu. Trust me, you know me. I have paid my dues. Bola Tinubu is the person that can secure Kalabari people, if you throw your votes away, don’t blame anybody,” he added.
Dokubo, who x-rayed the backgrounds of Tinubu said other contestants, lacked the records of achievements of the APC candidate.
