Ex-Niger Delta Warlord, Asari Dokubo Arrested In Benin Republic

Ex-Niger Delta militant leader and leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Peoples Force (NDVPF), Alhaji Asari Dokubo has been arrested by security agencies in Cotonou, the commercial city of Benin Republic.

The news of his arrest was contained in a statement made available to newsmen by his Lawyer, Festus Keyamo.

Read the full statement below:
Today, Tuesday, November 26, 2013, my friend and client, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, was arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic, around the hours of 1:00pm and 2:00pm by the country’s gendarmes (Police Force).

He was picked up around the Lubeleyi roundabout and taken to an unknown destination. We want to emphasize that Alhaji Dokubo-Asari carries on legitimate business and has been living partly in Benin Republic for many years now. In fact, he owns houses, schools and an academy in that country. All these places have been searched as at this evening and nothing incriminating was found.

We think his arrest and detention is a ploy by certain forces in Nigeria in unholy alliance with the Beninoise government to keep him away as 2015 approaches.

We call on the Nigerian government to immediately intervene and ensure that no harm befalls Alhaji Dokubo-Asari and to use all diplomatic means to secure his immediate release and safe return to Nigeria.

Meanwhile, we shall be liaising immediately with our colleagues in that country to enforce his fundamental rights.

Thank you.

FESTUS KEYAMO, ESQ.

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