The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF) Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has said that Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND) is a faceless organisation which no longer existed as far as the struggle for people’s emancipation in the region is concerned.
Speaking against the background of the controversial statement issued last week by MEND endorsing the candidacy of the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, the former militant leader described the acronym, MEND as pseudonym being used by the imprisoned Henry Okah to extort money from ignorant persons.
Asari Dokubo also said the name Gbomo Jomo, who always signed statements on behalf of MEND, is not known to any nationality in the Niger Delta region.
“Our people say birds of the same feathers flock together, it is not strange that this organisation is endorsing Buhari. First, I have always maintained that there is nothing like MEND.
“When I was in prison, the organisation I lead, NDPVF, the NDPSF and other organisations came together to stop my arrest and they wanted a faceless organisation. Some guys, including Henry Okah, were sent to me in Kuje prison for us to get a name and to get my opinion on what they were going to do,
“I accepted though majority of members of NDPV resisted it, I told them that we should be faceless and so they formed MEND.”
Source: Thisday
