Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, on Wednesday condemned the confrontation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and military officers over a disputed land in Abuja.
A senior Naval officer, claiming to act on orders from former Chief of Naval Staff Awal Gambo, engaged Wike in a heated argument and blocked the minister and FCT Administration officials from accessing the disputed property.
The situation escalated into a heated exchange between Wike and the military officers.
Responding to the incident, Asari stated that the officer in charge should be reprimanded and court-martialed by the appropriate authorities.
In a video posted on Facebook, Asari said: “I’m not taking sides 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 seriously.”
“In an executive system of government the buck stops at the table of the executive officer. I didn’t see anything wrong in the minister going there.”
“Nobody can accept that sort of affront from somebody who by the law ought to see you as his superior.”
