Niger Delta ex-militant warlord, Alhaji Mujarhedeen Asari Dokubo, has
come under fire over his comment on the terrorist attack that almost
claimed the life of former head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
“In as much as I do not hold brief for Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, I submit
that remarks such as the one made by Alhaji Dokubo-Asari are capable of
further polarising our polity to the detriment of the vulnerable and
underprivileged Nigerians and I call on all well-informed Nigerians to
condemn same, and in particular for the Presidency to dissociate itself
from the above vexatious and inflammatory statement owing to the
closeness of its author to President Goodluck Jonathan.
“We are all living witnesses of the Sheikh Lemu’s Committee set up by
President Goodluck Jonathan after the 2011 general elections to probe
the electoral violence that took place in the north during the general
elections. The Committee’s report subsequently exonerated Gen Muhammadu
Buhari of any wrongdoing.
"We are also not oblivious of the fact that three years after the
Committee submitted its final report to President Goodluck Jonathan, his
administration is yet to implement same, so it would be foolhardy to
associate a man of Gen Buhari’s standing with violence.
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