Asari Dokubo is a coward who will flee if war breaks out – Northern elders

 
Northern elders had on Thursday blasted ex-militant leader, Dokubo Asari over his open comment that Nigeria will boil if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015.
The NEF took very serious exception to the threat by the militant leader, who vowed to confront the opposition if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015, saying that it was a threat to national security.
The elders, who spoke through their spokesman, Prof Ango Abdullahi said “Dokubo is a coward who will flee in event of war.
“From the antecedents of Asari Dokubo, we believe that he is making these empty boasts apparently because of the filthy lucre he is getting from pipeline contracts and the promise of more. But we can bet Nigerians that he would be the first person to flee to the creeks if the war he is threatening breaks out”, the group noted.
It further flayed President Goodluck Jonathan for ordering the release of terror suspects from prisons across the region.
According to the forum, he would one day be made to account for the woman and children seized by security agents based on unverified terrorism charges.
Abdullahi said, “The arrogance of Shekau and his group is unislamic. Which President if not Goodluck, will accept somebody to tell him to become a Muslim or resign?
“Let me tell you that what the government did by ordering the release of suspected terrorists was
borne out of shame and guilt being suffered by it for clamping innocent women and children into detention camps or what you may call Nigeria’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’, which are scattered all over the place,” Adbullahi said.
“We note with delight that at last, common sense has prevailed and the embattled families have
regained their freedom. But we hasten to add that this government must account for the women and children from the north, who they took into unwarranted detention. As far as we are concerned, the release of the so-called terror suspects should have been done long ago,” he added.