Tinubu Was Your Benefactor – OPC Leader Tears Into Asari Dokubo In Viral Video

The National President of the Reformed Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), Dare Adesope—a faction that split from the Frederick Fasheun-led OPC—has cautioned ex-Niger Delta militant Mujahid Asari-Dokubo against endangering the longstanding cordial relationship between the Yoruba and Ijaw ethnic groups.

Adesope made this remark in response to Asari-Dokubo’s recent public outburst in which he labeled the Yoruba and President Bola Tinubu as betrayers. Dokubo also threatened to align with northern forces to work against Tinubu’s re-election bid in 2027.

In a statement issued in Lagos, Adesope stressed that Asari Dokubo’s views do not reflect those of the Ijaw people and should be disregarded. “He should be left to wallow in his own bitterness,” he said.

The OPC leader further revealed that Asari Dokubo owes much of his current status to President Tinubu, noting that the ex-militant once acknowledged that Tinubu bought him his first car upon release from prison, paid his children’s school fees, provided food for his family, and even secured a house for his wife.

Adesope described Asari as a “self-serving and double-faced individual” who, after pledging loyalty to Tinubu and vowing to combat oil theft in the Niger Delta, grew bitter when the pipeline surveillance contract was awarded to another ex-militant leader, Tompolo.

He added: “Asari is only upset because Tompolo, not him, received the pipeline contract. That’s why he’s now attacking Tinubu.”

The OPC president also criticized Dokubo’s leadership, stating, “He has not empowered any of his followers. He is selfish. Let him watch his words about the Yoruba, or we will restrict his access to Yorubaland.”

Citing Dokubo’s failed political maneuvers in Rivers State, Adesope concluded: “This is the same person who boasted that if Governor Fubara was removed by Wike, there would be chaos—yet nothing happened. The Ijaw nation I know would never stoop so low as to make Asari Dokubo its spokesperson. His statements are childish and erratic.”