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The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF,
Mujahid Asari-Dokubo, has demanded the immediate arrest and prosecution
of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his former deputy, Atiku
Abubakar, for his alleged role in the raging crisis within the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP.
He also asked President Goodluck
Jonathan to deal decisively with the members of the “New PDP” led by
Kawu Baraje, especially the seven governors in its fold, by arresting
their associates.
Mr. Asari-Dokubo, who stated this in an
interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday in Abuja, however, refused to
speak about former military president, Ibrahim Babangida, who he said
had not taken sides with either the breakaway group or the mainstream
PDP led by Bamanga Tukur.
Atiku and the PDP governors of Jigawa,
Kano, Sokoto, Kwara, Rivers, Adamawa and Niger States belong to the
Baraje faction of the party. They announced the birth of the faction
last August 31.
Mr Obasanjo headed the PDP elders team that
mediated unsuccessfully in the crisis, though some of the governors are
believed to be his political associates.
“’Obasanjo should be
arrested and detained, yes and Atiku (Abubakar),” Mr. Asari-Dokubo said.
“They are ordinary citizens of this country they are nobody. They are
nobody. I don’t know about Babangida, he has not come out to talk about
where he belongs.”
The NDPVF leader said there was no need
pampering members of the Baraje faction, noting that with their action,
they had shown that they were miscreants. According to him, members of
the faction fouled of the Electoral Act by setting up a secretariat for a
party that was not in existence.
According to him, “Those
political miscreants; the president should use a hammer against them.
There’s no basis indulging these miscreants; they should be treated as
such.
“There’s only one registered PDP known to INEC and Tukur is
the chairman of that PDP. For the president to indulge them is a slap
on the face of politics. He should have hit them if they go against the
law.
“If you set up a secretariat for a party that’s not ready,
then they should be arrested and detained. There’s no party called new
PDP. They should be treated as a lawbreaker.”
Reminded of the
constitutional immunity of the governors from arrest, Mr. Asari-Dokubo
said, “(Since) the governors enjoy immunity, they should pick people
around them, then they will know.”
He described the Rivers State
Governor, Chibuike Amaechi as “a traitor” even as he alleged that Mr.
Jonathan was shielding the governor by his frequent visits to Rivers
State.
“Amaechi is a traitor to all people, traitor to the
interest of all members of the South-South and the South-East. He should
be treated like a traitor.
“The President is shielding Amaechi; he is not fighting him, if not he shouldn’t be coming to Port Harcourt every day.”
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