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| Lai Mohammed in trouble as Asari Dokubo threatens to deal with him for maligning his name |
The many lies of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has once again come to fore as it emerged that Asari Dokubo was not on the Nigerian jet seized with $9.3 million arms money in South Africa. The spokesman of the APC Lai Mohammed had alleged at the heat of the incident that Dokubo was among the Nigerians on the jet, in a bid to strengthen their weak propaganda against Nigerian President.
It has however been confirmed that Dokubo was not on the flight.
Based on the manifest obtained by Premium Times, the three Nigerians aboard the plane were flight crew members of the Project Eagle Air jet with flight number: N808HE. They include Ojongbede R.T (captain), Fejoku U, (flight officer) and George E.E (flight attendant).
Based on the manifest obtained by Premium Times, the three Nigerians aboard the plane were flight crew members of the Project Eagle Air jet with flight number: N808HE. They include Ojongbede R.T (captain), Fejoku U, (flight officer) and George E.E (flight attendant).
Dokubo had denied the allegation and threatened legal action and 'self-help' against Lai Mohammed, the spokesperson of the APC. In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES at the time, Mr. Asari threatened to physically assault Mr. Mohammed if he failed to get justice in the courts.
“After all the South Africa People have given the names of people on the plane and if by next week we go to court and the court is being manipulated not to give me justice, I will resort to self-help,” he said.
“I have the capacity to resort to self-help. I will not give anybody any apology because if a man has mouth to malign me then I can use what I have to fight for myself.”
In a report published by Premium Times on 9th October 2014 (reproduced below), the All Progressives Congress hasd rejected ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo’s denial of involvement in the $9.3 'cash-for-arms scandal' between the Nigerian and South African governments.
APC had said Mr. Dokubo was one of two Nigerians arrested in South Africa after he travelled to that country with the huge cash to buy arms, purportedly for the Nigerian government.
The opposition party quoted news reports.
Mr. Dokubo has denied being on the airplane.
The APC said the denial carries no weight until the Nigerian government comes clean on the identity of Nigerians aboard the plane carrying the $9.3 million dollars impounded by the South African government.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said its reaction followed a story published by www.africaneagle.com and www.nairaland.com saying Asari Dokubo was one of the Nigerians aboard the jet that carried the money to South Africa.
”To the best of our knowledge, that report has not been denied over 24 hours later. We therefore contend that Asari Dokubo’s denial of his involvement carries no weight until the government, which has claimed ownership of the funds, tells Nigerians who the two Nigerian citizens – who were in the plane with an Israeli – are.
”We have no business with Asari Dokubo. He can blab all he likes. We have no reason to disbelieve a widely-circulated published report that named him as one of those on the plane. If he now says he was not on the plane, let the government come out and tell Nigerians who and who were on it, it said.
APC wondered why the government has refused, for over three weeks now, to identify the Nigerians who flew on the plane that ferried the money to South Africa, especially after the Israeli who was also on the plane has been named.
”Identifying the Nigerians will help to unravel the circumstances surrounding the whole scandal. It will be interesting to know if the Nigerians are security officials, officials from the office of the NSA who issued the end-user certificate for the transaction or ordinary Nigerians. It will be interesting to know their relationship with the government that qualified them to fly such a huge amount of money to another country without declaring it. It will be interesting to know if they are arms contractors.
”We hope the Jonathan Administration will end its deafening silence on the issue immediately and come clean on the whole scandal,” the party said.
APC had said Mr. Dokubo was one of two Nigerians arrested in South Africa after he travelled to that country with the huge cash to buy arms, purportedly for the Nigerian government.
The opposition party quoted news reports.
Mr. Dokubo has denied being on the airplane.
The APC said the denial carries no weight until the Nigerian government comes clean on the identity of Nigerians aboard the plane carrying the $9.3 million dollars impounded by the South African government.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party said its reaction followed a story published by www.africaneagle.com and www.nairaland.com saying Asari Dokubo was one of the Nigerians aboard the jet that carried the money to South Africa.
”To the best of our knowledge, that report has not been denied over 24 hours later. We therefore contend that Asari Dokubo’s denial of his involvement carries no weight until the government, which has claimed ownership of the funds, tells Nigerians who the two Nigerian citizens – who were in the plane with an Israeli – are.
”We have no business with Asari Dokubo. He can blab all he likes. We have no reason to disbelieve a widely-circulated published report that named him as one of those on the plane. If he now says he was not on the plane, let the government come out and tell Nigerians who and who were on it, it said.
APC wondered why the government has refused, for over three weeks now, to identify the Nigerians who flew on the plane that ferried the money to South Africa, especially after the Israeli who was also on the plane has been named.
”Identifying the Nigerians will help to unravel the circumstances surrounding the whole scandal. It will be interesting to know if the Nigerians are security officials, officials from the office of the NSA who issued the end-user certificate for the transaction or ordinary Nigerians. It will be interesting to know their relationship with the government that qualified them to fly such a huge amount of money to another country without declaring it. It will be interesting to know if they are arms contractors.
”We hope the Jonathan Administration will end its deafening silence on the issue immediately and come clean on the whole scandal,” the party said.
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