Asari Dokubo establishes a University in Benin Republic

The leader of the Niger Delta People’s
Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mr. Muhajid
Asari-Dokubo has joined the swelling rank
of private university proprietors with his
establishment of a university in the
neighbouring Republic of Benin,
PREMIUM TIMES reported on Friday.
Asari-Dokubo, who already owns a soccer
academy in the West African country and
another one in Abuja, Nigeria, said the
university, which will be known as King
Amachree African University, KAAU, had
already been accredited to commence
degree programmes beginning September
2014.
According to PREMIUM TIMES, Asari-
Dokubo disclosed in an interview in Abuja
that the proposed university, named after
his ancestor, was a product of his two
existing institutions in Benin Republic,
namely King Amachree Automobile/ICT
Royal Academy and King Amachree Arts
Academy. Both of them, he added,
currently award Diploma to their students.
Asari-Dokubo said he chose to establish
the institutions in Benin Republic because
he did not only live there, but had
adopted it as his country.
“What we have now, we are awarding only
diploma now. By next September, Insha
Allah, the university will start,” said Asari-
Dokubo, who dropped out of the
University of Calabar.
“For now we have King Amachree
Automobile/ICT Royal Academy and King
Amachree Arts Academy. Two of them
were merged. We have merged the two of
them into King Amachree African
University. King Amachree is my great
ancestor. He was King of the Kingdom of
new Calabar.”
On his soccer academy, Asari-Dokubo, 5o,
an indigene of Rivers State, who refused
to be tagged a former militant, said it was
established to train the youth in soccer
free of charge.
“We plan to engage the youths. It is free.
We have a soccer academy in Abuja and
we have another one in Republic of
Benin,” he said.
More Nigerians are forced to go to Benin
Republic, Ghana, Togo and other
neigbhouring countries to acquire
education due to the incessant labour
disputes and industrial actions within the
Nigerian university system as well as the
deplorable state of education in the
country.