“Danjuma Should Prevail On Those Behind Boko Haram” Ohaneze Ndigbo Blasts T.Y Danjuma Over Calls To Arrest Ex-Militants

Ohaneze Ndigbo has faulted Theophilus Danjuma and called on him to worry himself more with ending the destructive activities of Boko Haram in the North-East.

A former Minister of Defence, Theophilus Danjuma, had demanded the immediate arrest of some former Niger Delta militants for threatening to plunge the country into war if President Goodluck Jonathan is not re-elected in the February 14 election.
He stated this on Wednesday in Kano during the commissioning of the multibillion naira Kwakwasiya city, one of the three mega cities built by the administration of Governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso.

The Secretary General of the group, Joe Nworgu, told PUNCH Newspaper that the arrest of Ekpemupolo and Dokubo-Asari was not the solution to the security problem in the country.

He said, “They should prevail on all those behind the insurgency in the North to stop. Let them do that and not to call for the arrest of people who are merely issuing verbal threats.

“The group they armed are destabilising the country. Their men are already armed and fighting and embarrassing the country. These ones are only issuing verbal threats.

“Luckily, Danjuma is in charge of the relief funds for victims of the insurgency. He is in a better position to know those that should be cautioned.”

Nworgu enjoined those perpetrating violence to realise that no single group of individuals had the monopoly of violence.

NewsWireNGR had reported that the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, NDPVF, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari; Victor Ben Ebikabowei, aka, Boy Loaf; Government Ekpudomenowei, aka, Tompolo; and other militants had last Saturday vowed to ensure that President Goodluck Jonathan, wins the February presidential election.

The former militant leaders and their followers, who spoke at a meeting in Government House, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, threatened to unleash violence on the country and take back Niger Delta oil should the president lose the election.