DOKUBO,ABACHA AND AL-MUSTAPHA :3 MUSKETEERS UNHOLY ALLIANCE

According to  The Universal Declaration on  Human Rights  Charter, Article 2 is concern, which  state that ‘’ Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty’’

And Articles 18 and 19 state clearly that ’’Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.’’ And ‘’ Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.’’

That is to say, Al-Mustapha, Mohammed Abacha and Asari Dokubo are free to mingle, meet freely, associate with each other, and hold a political meeting.

However, the new found friendship between these 3 musketeers ,namely: Major Hamza Al-musthapa, the former Chief Security Officer to the former Head of State, General Abacha Sanni,  the Leader of the terrorist group, Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujaheed Dokubo-Asari and that of Mohammed Abacha, son of the former Nigeria military dictator is currently need to view with caution.

The purpose of this ‘unholy’ alliance is not yet clear to me. However, with Dokubo-Asari, his own mission is very clear...he want to cause problems in Nigeria. With his utterances of recent calling for the arrest of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, Abubakar Atiku and other top political leaders in Nigeria, he has not hidden his disdain for any political arrangement that would return presidential power to the North in 2015, and al-Mustapha’s association with the ex-militant is seen by politicians in the region as a ploy to scuttle the North’s chance of wresting power from President Goodluck Jonathan in the next general election.

It was gathered further that while al-Mustapha is seen as a potent factor to checkmate most of the politicians in the North as well as a better tool to sell Jonathan’s candidature to the region, since he was a beneficiary of Jonathan pardon. Also  being seen as a bridge builder to the people in South through his association with Dokubo-Asari.

Politicians in Jonathan’s camp are also convinced that Muhammed Abacha’s influence in Kano politics is not only capable of dividing the politicians in the state, but is also capable of rallying political support for Jonathan when he eventually secures the ticket of his party to contest the 2015 presidency.

Disturbed by this purported political permutation, some youths in the North addressed a press conference, during which they condemned the said alliance between al-Mustapha and Dokubo-Asari, saying “we hereby condemn the so-called Al-Mustapha –Dokubo Kaduna conference under the auspices of the National United Alliance, and call on the northern youth to dissociate themselves from any act that is unprogressive to the region (sic!).”

The Northern Coalition Movement, comprising the Northern Youth Interactive Forum (represented by its Strategy and Planning Officer, Alhaji Kabiru Bako); the Youth Coalition Movement (represented by Alhaji Haruna Sparrom) and the Northern Youth Revival Movement, represented by Comrade Ahmed Tahir. On behalf of the coalition, Alhaji Kabiru Bako said ‘’it was an anomaly for al-Mustapha to still be referring to himself as a youth at the age of 54, saying he could no longer speak on behalf of youths. He then berated him for organising a rally in Owerri on behalf of northern youths.’’

They said, “We are using this medium to call on our northern youths to be patriotic to the region in order not to be manipulated ahead of the 2015 general election by Goodluck Jonathan using Major al-Mustapha.”

“As we will move to disown Major al-Mustapha, we also advise him to (face) his court litigation and be more prayerful this time, as he may not enjoy the prayer of the Northern people, now that they have known his true colour.”

Moreover, as this alliance is concern, these three guy need be monitor closely by the security agents as their action and utterances by their  spoke persons Asari Dokubo is  worrisome.