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| Dokubo Asari |
The Middle Belt Forum on Sunday in Abuja
asked the Presidency and security agencies in the country to arrest the
leader of the Niger-Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed
Dokubo-Asari, following his recent comment in which he allegedly
declared that Nigeria would be on fire if President Goodluck Jonathan
failed to win the 2015 presidential election.
The MBF said the Dokubo-Asari’s comment indicated that Jonathan would rig the election.
The patron of the group, Amb Yohanna
Margif, warned Dokubo-Asari to be careful with his “inflammatory
utterances during these trying times in Nigeria which are capable of
setting in more sentiments.”
“Such characters as Dokubo-Asari with
such conflicting utterances should not be allowed to walk the streets
freely by the security operatives,” Margif stated.
According to him, the use of militant
language and threats over Jonathan’s re-election is a slap on the faces
of other Nigerians.
Margif said that while Dokubo-Asari had
the right to support Jonathan for the Presidency as a South-South
person, many other Nigerians also had the right to do so for any of
their candidates without one threatening the other.
He added that as a patron of the MBF, he
was in a position to speak on issues of Nigeria than Dokubo-Asari “who
is a known militant.”
He said, “In what capacity does
Dokubo-Asari have to make such comments? He should not use militant
language and threats against Nigerians since no one has monopoly of
violence. Anyone can be a thug or militant.
“The same Dokubo-Asari had earlier last
year declared that the President had lost the support of his political
base, the South-South and the South-East, owing to the failure of his
government to deliver on its promises. He had said that it would be
tough for Jonathan to win the presidential election in 2015 if he
decides to run based on the poor showing of his administration.”
Several calls to the telephone line of Dokubo-Asari for response on the call for his arrest were not returned.
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