MBF wants Dokubo-Asari arrested

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.