The Rivers Restoration Movement (RRM) is demanding the arrest of Asari Dokubo, a former militant leader, and others over alleged threats to disrupt oil production in Rivers State. The group claims that Dokubo and others have been making reckless and provocative statements, posing a significant threat to national security and peaceful co-existence.
According to the RRM, Dokubo and others have been threatening to sabotage the nation’s economy if the State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, is impeached. The group’s Director-General, Johnson Georgewill, condemned these statements, emphasizing that no individual or organization has a monopoly on violence.
Georgewill also questioned why Dokubo and others are not speaking out against the alleged maltreatment of nine Ijaw lawmakers in the Rivers State House of Assembly, who have been denied their allowances by Governor Fubara for over a year.
The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, CP Olugbenga Adepoju, has responded to the threats, assuring the public that the police are fully aware of the situation and are prepared to contain any attempt to destabilize the state.