Asari Dokubo lawyer Festus Keyamo explaining that his
friend and client, ex-militant Asari Dokubo was arrested in Benin Republic today. Read the press release 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 emphasise 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.
