Asari-Dokubo establishes university in Benin Republic

Niger Delta freedom fighter and leader of the defunct Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Muhajid Asari-Dokubo has established his own university in Republic of Benin. The former militant, who already owns a soccer academy told Premium Times that 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 him, 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. On why he decided to establish the university outside the country, Asari-Dokubo said he does not only live there, but has adopted it as his country. “What we have now, we are awarding only diploma now. “By next September, Insha Allah, the university will start,” Mr. Asari-Dokubo, who dropped out of University of Calabar,”said. “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, the 50 year old Mr. Asari-Dokubo, 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 youth. It is free. We have a soccer academy in Abuja and we have another one in Republic of Benin,” he said.