Asari Dokubo’s Arrest is Political – Keyamo
Niger/Delta Activist and Ijaw leader , Mujahidin Asari Dokubo, who was arrested today in the neighbouring Benin Republic by the Beninoise 
gendarmes (police) has accused his political opponents of plotting his arrest. This assertion was made by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo. In a statement made available to NigerianEcho, Keyamo said his client has not done anything against the law.
“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”, Keyamo said.
On how to get his client out of detention, Keyamo called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to use all diplomatic means necessary to get Dokubo out of Benin.
“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”, the statement concluded.
