Les rebelles du Delta du Niger donnent 48h aux autorités béninoises pour (...)

Moins de 72 heures après l’arrestation du Chef rebelle nigérian Asari Dokubo en République du Bénin, son mouvement en conflit armé dans le Delta du Niger, vient de monter au créneau pour exiger des autorités béninoises la libération de leur leader. "Si la diplomatie échoue à l’emporter, nous ne seront pas écarter toute forme d’attaques contre les intérêts de la République du Bénin" a affirmé Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro le responsable du Mend, ( mouvement pour l’émancipation du Delta du Niger ) le principal groupe armé de la région.

C’est ce que vient de rapporter le journal NIGÉRIAN WATCH dans sa parution de ce jour.

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NIGER Delta militants have given the Republic of Benin authorities 48 hours to release Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) president Asari Dokubo who was apprehended by security forces earlier this week.

Mr Dokubo who led numerous attacks by Niger Delta militants on oil facilities in the Niger Delta has been arrested by the Nigerian authorities numerous times and following his latest release in 2007 went to live in neighbouring Republic of Benin. He has lived there becoming extremely wealthy, owning three academies, which he plans to merge into the King Amachree African University next year.

On Tuesday this week, however, in a surprise development, most likely at the insistence of the Nigerian authorities, Beninoise security men arrested Asari in Cotonou and whisked him off to an unknown location. Leaders of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) have given them 48 hours to release Asari or face the consequences.

Mend leader Rex Ekiugbo Anighoro said : “Even though Mr Asari Dokubo, along with some Niger Delta myopic and corrupt tribal assemblies like the Ijaw National Congress, Ijaw Youth Congress, Ijaw Monitoring Group, South-South Peoples Assembly and Elder Edwin Clark gloated or kept silent over Henry Okah’s setup, arrest and conviction, we will remember the role Asari Dokubo had played in the unfinished struggle before he was bought off along with several others. If diplomacy fails to prevail, we will not rule out any form of attacks on the Republic of Benin’s interests.

“We hereby make demands on President Yayi Bonni of the Republic of Benin to release, unconditionally and with immediate effect, our leader Alhaji Asari-Dokubo and offer an unreserved apology to him for this monumental breach of his rights. We call on all the aggrieved youths of Niger Delta to be on red alert and ready for a total showdown and shutdown if in the next 48 hours his release has not been made."

In addition, Mend vowed not to abandon Mr Dokubo at this time just as it will not abandon Henry, his brother, Charles Okah and others who are currently in detention. Already, Mr Dokubo’s lawyer Festus Keyamo, has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan calling for his direct intervention in ensuring the freedom of the former militant.

Mr Keyamo added : “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 those places have been searched but that nothing incriminating was found. We think his arrest and detention is a ploy by certain forces in Nigeria in an unholy alliance with the Beninoise government to keep him away as 2015 approaches.”

Mr Anighoro added : “We hold this arrest as an absurdity as it is unprovoked and questionable and has been without any reason from the government of Republic of Benin. We consider this as a kidnap of our leader by the president of the Republic of Benin working with certain opposition figures in Nigeria."

It is unclear if Mend plan to attack Nigerian oil facilities as they have done in the past or if they intend attacking Beninoise offices in Nigeria or going across the border. In the past, their attacks on oil installations have successfully cut Nigeria’s output.

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28 novembre 2013 par Judicaël ZOHOUN

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