Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo on Wednesday, condemned the face-off between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and some military officers over a disputed land in Abuja.
A senior Naval officer who claimed to be acting on orders of
the former Chief of Naval Staff, Awal Gambo had engaged Wike in a heated
argument and prevent the Minister and officials of the FCT Administration from
gaining access to the disputed land property.
The issue degenerated into a heated argument between Wike
and the military officers.
Reacting, Asari said the officer in charge should be
reprimanded and court marshalled by the appropriate authorities.
In a video on Facebook, Asari said: “I’m not taking side
with Wike, I’m taking side with what is the law, the rule, and the convention.
What happened yesterday, in any sane society, that person will be reprimanded
and detained.
“The confrontation with the military man and the Minister of
FCT is uncalled for. The Minister is the governor of the FCT and
constitutionally, he is the chief security officer outside the president of the
city of Abuja.
“I might not like Wike, our relationships have witnessed ups
and downs, but in any sane society that fellow ought to have been court
marshalled. It can’t happen anywhere outside Nigeria.
“There is law in Abuja and nobody has the right to go and
develop a piece of property without following the laid down rules and
regulations pertaining to developing properties.
“A military man is subjected to the constitution, he is not
above the constitution. If Wike himself did not go there, they would say
government officials do not take their work serious.
“In an executive system of government the bulk at the table
of the executive officer l, I didn’t see anything wrong in the Minister going
there. The only place I had a problem with him was the language he used when he
was leaving.
“Nobody can accept that sort of affront from somebody who by
the law ought to see you as his superior.”
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