A statement by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo, said
Dokubo was picked up by the police between 1p.m. and 2p.m. around the Lubeleyi
Roundabout, and taken to an unknown destination.
The wealthy former militant reportedly opened
a private university in the Benin Republic, the King Amachree African
University that is preparing to start degree-awarding programmes in 2014.
Keyamo said: “We want to emphasise that Alhaji
Asari-Dokubo 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 and nothing
incriminating was found.”
He suggested that Dokubo’s arrest and
detention may be a ploy by “certain forces in Nigeria in unholy alliance with the
Beninoise government” to keep his client away as 2015 approaches.
“We call on the Nigerian government to
immediately intervene and ensure that no harm befalls him and to use all
diplomatic means to secure his immediate release and safe return to Nigeria,”
he added.
Dokubo has in recent times vowed that unless
Mr. President Jonathan retains the presidency in 2015, Nigeria would break up.
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