Keyamo Writes Jonathan to Intervene in the Arrest of Asari Dokubo

Human Rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo has written to President Goodluck Jonathan over the arrest of the leader of the Niger Delta Volunteer Peoples Force (NDVPF), Alhaji Asari Dokubo by the Beninoise authority.

Keyamo who is a solicitor to Asari Dokubo is calling on the President to ensure the release of Dokubo whom he said was unjustly arrested by the country police force.

Read the full letter below:

Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,
President and Commander-in-Chief
of the Armed Forces of
Nigeria,
Aso Rock Villa,
Abuja.

Your Excellency,

A CALL FOR YOUR DIRECT INTERVENTION IN THE ARREST AND DETENTION OF ALHAJI MUJAHID DOKUBO-ASARI IN BENIN REPUBLIC

We are solicitors to Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, a Nigerian citizen.

We write to bring to your notice that onTuesday, November 26, 2013, a Nigerian citizen, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, was unjustly 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 emphasise that Alhaji Dokubo-Asari, even though a Nigerian, 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 earched 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 you to use your good offices 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.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

FESTUS
KEYAMO, ESQ.

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