Niger Delta activist and former
Minister for Environment, AnnKio Briggs, has attacked Governor Seriake Dickson
of Bayelsa State for inviting former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the state.
She said Obasanjo did not pick
former President Goodluck Jonathan because of his love for Ijaw and Niger
Delta, but for self-interest.
Describing the former president
as an enemy of the Niger Delta region, Briggs warned that anyone joining
Obasanjo to “fight” President Muhammadu Buhari, does so at his or her own risk.
Briggs, in a statement yesterday,
also vowed that the people of the region will not cast the votes for Buhari
come 2019, but insisted that the advice not to do so should not come from
Obasanjo.
She said, “His (Obasanjo) visit
confirms that Ijaw politicians are in politics for themselves and not Ijaw
nation.
“Obasanjo should have been taken
to Odi before he leaves Bayelsa to enable those who survived the Odi massacre
confer on him a traditional title.”
She said the visit of the former
president was “dancing on the graves”, adding “May the over 4000 innocent Odi
women, men, old and young, youths and children who were shelled, bombed,
drowned, and murdered by Olusegun Obasanjo through the Nigeria Army haunt him.
“He did not pick Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan as Vice President for the love of Ijaw or Niger Delta people, he did
not support him in 2011 for love of Ijaw or Niger Delta people, but did so for
his own selfish reasons, and when Jonathan did not be please him as president,
he turned against him.”
Reacting to Obasanjo’s advice to
President Buhari not to run for second term, Briggs said, “He is getting set to
fight Buhari and he is pretending to be a friend of Ijaw and Niger Delta
people.
“Anyone who joins Obasanjo to
fight Buhari is doing so at his or her own risk, Ijaw people will not vote for
Buhari and we don’t need Obasanjo to tell us that.”
Its a political game by GEJ and PDP.
ReplyDeleteI pity Nigeria in future. Coming back of PDP will be worse than b4.