Dokubo-Asari, who already owns a soccer academy in the West African country and another in Abuja, was quoted by Premium Times, an online news agency, to have said that the university, which will be known as King Amachree African University (KAAU), had already been accredited to commence degree programmes beginning September 2014. He told Premium Times 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 students.
Dokubo-Asari said he chose to establish the institutions in Benin Republic because he does not only live there, but has adopted it as his country. “With what we have now, we are awarding only diploma. “By next September, Insha Allah, the university will start,” he said. “For now, we have King Amachree Automobile/ICT Royal Academy and King Amachree Arts Academy. Two of them were merged into King Amachree African University. “King Amachree is my great ancestor. He was king of the kingdom of new Calabar,” he added. On his soccer academy, Dokubo-Asari, 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.
