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.
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