Asari Dokubo Is A Thug–El-Rufai
Category: Nigerian National News
The Deputy National Secretary for the All Peoples Congress
party, APC, Mallam Nasir El Rufai has called Niger Delta militant, Asari
Dokubo a ‘thug’, adding that he cannot be compared to him.
The Deputy National Secretary for the All Peoples Congress party, APC,
Mallam Nasir El Rufai has called Niger Delta militant, Asari Dokubo a
‘thug’, adding that he cannot be compared to him.
El-Rufai, while explaining what took place during his recent
detainment by the Nigerian Department of State Services (DSS), said
“Asari Dokubu is a thug. I do not compare myself with thugs. I have
never taken arms against a state. I have never stolen crude oil. I have
never been called a militant. I’m a normal human being like every other
Nigerian.”
On Thursday, after pressure from the All Progressive Congress Party,
the Nigerian Department of State Services detained, ex-Niger Delta
militant, Asari Dokubu for questioning over “inflammatory comments.” He
was later released.
In 2013, Asari Dokubu made public comments on Channels TV suggesting
that if President Goodluck Jonathan didn’t win he 2015 elections
Nigerians should expect bloodshed.
In response to the ongoing tumultuous political environment between
Nigeria’s ruling Peoples Democratic (PDP) and APC parties, the Nigerian
DSS earlier this year warned Nigerians to avoid inflammatory comments
ahead of the 2015 Presidential elections scheduled for Feb. 15.
According to El-Rufai, during his detainment the SSS questioned him on his remarks made regarding the 2015 elections.
“I made a statement at a conference that we expect the 2015 elections
to be free and fair and better organized than the travesty we saw in
Anambra and Delta state recently, he told SaharaTV’s Rudolf Okonkwo. He
also expressed that he would repeat the same statement again anytime.
He also reminded Nigerians of the existence of President Goodluck
Jonathan’s controversial “watch list”, popularly referred to as the
sniper list.
El-Rufai, a vocal critic of the Jonathan administration went further
and expressed his displeasure with the upcoming National Conference
describing it as a waste of resources set up to lure attention away from
Nigeria’s real problem.
“The whole reason behind the conference is to divert attention of the failures of the sitting government,” he said.
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