Former Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo, on Wednesday, condemned the face-off between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike and some military officers over a disputed land in Abuja.
A senior Naval officer who claimed to be acting on orders of the former Chief of Naval Staff, Awal Gambo, had engaged Wike in a heated argument and prevented the Minister and officials of the FCT Administration from gaining access to the disputed land property.
The issue degenerated into a heated argument between Wike and the military officers.
Reacting, Asari said the officer in charge should be reprimanded and court-martialled by the appropriate authorities.
In a video on Facebook, Asari said: “I’m not taking side with Wike, I’m taking sides with what is the law, the rule, and the convention. What happened yesterday, in any sane society, that person would be reprimanded and detained.
“The confrontation with the military man and the Minister of FCT is uncalled for. The Minister is the governor of the FCT and, constitutionally, he is the chief security officer outside the president of the city of Abuja.
“I might not like Wike, our relationships have witnessed ups and downs, but in any sane society that fellow ought to have been court-martialled. It can’t happen anywhere outside Nigeria.
“There is law in Abuja and nobody has the right to go and develop a piece of property without following the laid down rules and regulations pertaining to developing properties.
“A military man is subjected to the constitution; he is not above the constitution. If Wike himself did not go there, they would say government officials do not take their work seriously.
“In an executive system of government, the bulk at the table of the executive officer l, I didn’t see anything wrong in the Minister going there.
