It is
reported Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan has intervened in the arrest
of A Former Niger Delta militant Alhaji Muhajeed Dokubo-Asari by the Government
of Republic of Benin.
In a
quick move, it was learnt that a request for explicit details of why
Dokubo-Asari was arrested by the Beninoise Gendarmerie has been made on
Wednesday through diplomatic source.
The
ex-militant was picked up around the Lubeleyi roundabout and taken to "an
unknown destination” between 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 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.”
Reliable
sources said he owns houses, schools and an academy in that country and “no
official issue” had been established against his client, even though he did not
rule out “political undertone” in the entire saga.
It was
gathered 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 were probably from
prominent natives of the South South area of the country where Dokubo-Asari
hails from.
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