Prof. Tam David West Replies Asari Dokubo, Says He Shouldn't Be Taken Seriously

In reply to Asari Dokubo’s statement that Nigeria might go into war, well former Minister of petroleum, Prefessor Tam David-West has said Nigerians should not take him serious. 

Prof Tam David-West in an interview with the Sunday Independent maintained that Asari- Dokubo has a penchant for running his mouth unnecessarily. Ouch!!!

This is how Daily Independent is reporting it.

Former Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam David-West, has said nobody should take former militant leader, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, seriously over his comment that Nigeria might slide into full scale war should President Goodluck Jonathan fail to get re-election in 2015.

In an interview with Sunday Independent, David-West argued that Dokubo-Asari, who incidentally is his cousin and who he reportedly trained in school, must be ignored because he has a history of talking without thinking.

He recalled how Dokubo-Asari once branded Obafemi Awolowo a criminal for approving the derivation formula when he (Awolowo) was Finance Minister during the Yakubu Gowon administration.

“Is a man that would call Awolowo criminal responsible? A man that would call Chief Awolowo criminal is definitely insane! But that is what Dokubo-Asari called Awolowo before he then went to beg Gani Adams,” he said, adding that Dokubo-Asari also called the North parasites and assured the Igbo that they would have a shot at the Presidency after Jonathan’s second term.

 “Does he have any power to make Igbo President? If he has so much power, how come his sister contested election twice for the Rivers State House of Assembly and lost.”

He dismissed Dokubo-Asari’s war chant as hollow. “He cannot fight any war. Dokubo-Asari used to stay here with me in this house. He cannot deny it. I have a big article coming up on him. When I saw the comment, I phoned Port Harcourt to tell our family and few friends .They said I should ignore him because if I reply him, I will only elevate him,” David-West said. 

“Dokubo-Asari said he has 40,000 people in the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). That force no more exists. I know some of the people who were with him. They used to phone me that he got money and didn’t take care of them.”

This aint funny at all!