”If you try, we’ll overrun you; You already know that we are capable of overrunning you” – Asari Dokubo

• Dokubo lamented that the South-south region has been consistently neglected, specifically citing the long-overdue coastal road project.

A popular truculent self-acclaimed freedom fighter from the Niger Delta, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, has read a riot act to those planning to deprive the south-south of the development it deserves.

The feisty ex militant issued a stern warning against any attempts to conquer or dominate Nigeria’s South-South area.

Dokubo issued the warning in a Facebook video, stressing that such moves would be vehemently opposed, highlighting the area’s capacity for self-defense.

Dokubo lamented that the South-south region has been consistently neglected, specifically citing the long-overdue coastal road project.

He pointed out the coastal road will be of immense economic benefits to the region, noting that neighboring countries such as Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire have long enjoyed the advantages of coastal roads, while Nigeria has deliberately neglected its own coastal infrastructure.

“Let me tell you people, you cannot overrun South-South; you cannot subjugate us; if you try, we’ll overrun you. You already know that we are capable of overrunning you,” Dokubo stated emphatically. “Why this hate? My people will say, it’s not everybody that you will reply when they say something; these are very fundamental issues.”

He continued to stress the importance of the coastal road project for the South-South region, emphasizing the losses Nigeria has incurred by not having a coastal road. “The South-South needs this road, and it’s an all-important road, and Nigeria has been losing a lot for not having a road on a coast that Benin Republic, like Togo, like Ghana, like Côte d’Ivoire, like Sierra Leone, et cetera, they travel along the coast, Nigeria is the only exception. And it was deliberate,” he said