2015: Northern group warns Asari-Dokubo over comments

Former Niger Delta militant, Alhaji Mujahid Asari- Dokubo, has in­curred the wrath of some leaders in the North over his statements that Presi­dent Goodluck Jonathan has already won the 2015 presidential election and threats that the country will be on fire if he did not win.

At a news conference in Abuja yesterday, one of the northern leaders and Patron of the Middle Belt Forum, Ambassador Yohanna Mar­gif, warned Asari-Dokubo to be careful with his ut­terances, saying his state­ments were capable of setting in more sentiments and crises that would not beneficial to the country.

He said Asari-Dokubo’s threats to Nigerians over President Jonathan was a slap on the faces of other Nigerians, noting that as much as he had the right to support Jonathan for Presidency as a South- South militant, many other Nigerians too had the right  to do so for any of their candidate but should not be threatened by Dokubo.

Calling on President Jonathan to call Asari-Do­kubo to order, the northern leader also warned the for­mer militant leaders to stop making inciting statement over the general elections.

He said the same Asari- Dokubo had declared early last year that the president had lost the support of his political base, the South- South and the South-East due to the failure of his government to deliver on its promises.