Presidency intervenes in Dokubo-Asari’s arrest

Wednesday, November 27, 2013



President Goodluck Jonathan is believed to have intervened in the arrest, Tuesday, of Alhaji Muhajeed Dokubo-Asari by the government of Republic of Benin.

Presidency sources told Daily Independent on Wednesday that the president had sought for details of why Dokubo-Asari was taken in by the Benin Republic gendarmes through the Nigerian Ambassador to that country.

The ex-militant was reportedly arrested around the Lubeleyi roundabout between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday and taken to an unknown destination, according to his lawyer, Festus Kayamo, who in a statement said, “Dokubo-Asari carries on legitimate business and has been living partly in Benin Republic for many years now.”

“In fact, he owns houses, schools and an academy in that country. All these places have been searched as at this evening (Tuesday) and nothing incriminating found,” Keyamo stated.

When Daily Independent spoke to Keyamo on Wednesday, he reiterated that “no official issue” had been established against his client, even though he did not rule out “political undertone” in the entire saga.

Explaining that his office had written to the presidency on the development, Kayamo said it was not unlikely the intervention was on the strength of his petition.

Regardless, we got it on good authority that President Jonathan had directed the appropriate offices in the presidency to follow up on the matter with a view to getting the right insight into the nature of the alleged offence before throwing his weight behind the controversial Nigerian.

Our dependable source told us that President Jonathan had been getting several calls since the arrest was reported, from those who believe early presidential intervention had become necessary.

Most of the calls, we were told, were from prominent persons from the South South area of the country where Dokubo-Asari hails from.

Dokubo-Asari is a major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. He was president of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) for a time beginning in 2001 and later founded the Niger Delta People’s Volunteer Force (NDPVF) which would become one of the most prominent armed groups operating in the Niger Delta region. He is a Muslim with populist views and an anti-government stance that have made him a folk hero amongst certain members of the local population.

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@topic: So our presido wan go release dis crimanl terrorist militant, wey e for let am chop wanke there

Once a militant always a militant.. And birds of a feather, :Pflocks together. Once an ogogro master, always a drunker.

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@topic: So our presido wan go release dis crimanl terrorist militant, wey e for let am chop wanke there

Once a militant always a militant.. And birds of a feather, flocks together. Once an ogogro master, always a drunker.

Presidency sources told
Daily Independent on
Wednesday that the
president had sought for
details of why Dokubo-
Asari was taken in by the
Benin Republic gendarmes
through the Nigerian
Ambassador to that
country.

Akanbi_edu: Villagers at it again

Akanbi_edu: Villagers at it again

musiwa112: that is interesting. the truth is, .. niger delta is not possible, even delta state, the governor or government have to move the land to the east or anywhere. It will remain with Western nigeria. Anyone who does not like that , they can move to the east , is this how it is done.. Even if the governor of delta state for example does not like it, let say for an example.. He will have to relocate to the east. this is how it works.

kwara and kogi remain with western nigeria too, all the media manipulation use for many year.. does not affect the truth. the issue is western nigeria is a country. eastern nigeria can determine their faith.

after they break it, you now have the chance to decide who you want a union with. Does not means that anyone has to move.. Eastern Nigeria may decide they want a relationship with others. or we the western may decide us too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5595ejgxWVo

musiwa112: that is interesting. the truth is, .. niger delta is not possible, even delta state, the governor or government have to move the land to the east or anywhere. It will remain with Western nigeria. Anyone who does not like that , they can move to the east , is this how it is done.. Even if the governor of delta state for example does not like it, let say for an example.. He will have to relocate to the east. this is how it works.

kwara and kogi remain with western nigeria too, all the media manipulation use for many year.. does not affect the truth. the issue is western nigeria is a country. eastern nigeria can determine their faith.

after they break it, you now have the chance to decide who you want a union with. Does not means that anyone has to move.. Eastern Nigeria may decide they want a relationship with others. or we the western may decide us too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5595ejgxWVo

musiwa112: that is interesting. the truth is, .. niger delta is not possible, even delta state, the governor or government have to move the land to the east or anywhere. It will remain with Western nigeria. Anyone who does not like that , they can move to the east , is this how it is done.. Even if the governor of delta state for example does not like it, let say for an example.. He will have to relocate to the east. this is how it works.

kwara and kogi remain with western nigeria too, all the media manipulation use for many year.. does not affect the truth. the issue is western nigeria is a country. eastern nigeria can determine their faith.

after they break it, you now have the chance to decide who you want a union with. Does not means that anyone has to move.. Eastern Nigeria may decide they want a relationship with others. or we the western may decide us too.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5595ejgxWVo