Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has described a former militant leader and erstwhile President of the Ijaw Youths Council (IYC) Asari Dokubo as too irrelevant to deserve his response following his recent declaration of Biafra.
Wike, who spoke in a television programme, wondered why people were granting undeserved publicity to Dokubo insisting that he would not glorify the former warlord with a response.
He, however, said Dokubo sometimes worked for the Federal Government but in other times he would attack the same government.
The Governor further wondered how Asari, who is an Ijaw man, could volunteer to lead Biafra known to be of the Igbos.
He said Dokubo was always in the habit of abusing him but he decided not to make him relevant with his response.
He said: “The problem we have in Nigeria is that we try to give publicity to things that do not matter. You know the antecedent of Asari Dokubo. But each time people like Dokubo come out to make statements, we try to publicise it.
“Sometimes, he works for the Federal Government. Sometimes, he attacks the federal government. I am one person that Asari Dokubo has always abused. But I won’t respond because I know his modus operandi.
“He has accused us particularly me and my ethnic group that we are Igbos and that we have no oil well. But if you respond to that you will give him Publicity.
“If he says he is now the chairman of Biafra, let us see the people he has. In fact, there are issues we should not discuss. It is too irrelevant, I won’t do it. Let’s focus on Nigerian challenges not on frivolities”.
Wike also decried what he described as the politicisation of security saying until the Federal Government stopped playing politics, insecurity would continue in the country.
He said his administration once sought the help of the federal government to deal with kidnapping in Rivers, but was denied assistance.
He said: “The Federal Government never supported metro fight kidnapping. They rather politicised it. We prayed God to deal with them the way they dealt with us, God answered our prayer and now kidnapping and insecurity is everywhere”.
