When the motion was put to vote by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, members unanimously adopted it after condemning Kuku and Dokubo’s statements “in strongest terms” and mandated its committee on Public Safety and National Security to liaise with the IGP and keep the House abreast with any development on the subject matter and condemned the statements.

Asari Dokubo

But Governor Aliyu, who spoke when he received members of the House of Representatives Committee on Education, led by Aminu Sule who paid him a courtesy call at Government House, Minna, said Asari Dokubo should have been picked-up for what he described as “unfortunate and inciting statement”.

His words: “Dokubo went on to say that the day Goodluck is no longer the president, all of us (militants) who are on sabbatical will come back. There will be no peace not only in the Niger Delta but everywhere. If they say it is an empty boast let them wait and see. You do not win election by frightening people and even if you win, it will be pyrrhic victory. We should bring discipline into our politics.”

According to Aliyu, Nigerians and their leaders should cultivate the habit of respecting the nation’s security agencies and give them the support that will make them successful in their assignments.

He commended the security agents for the role they played in restoring peace to Madalla, in the state, after the 2011 Christmas Day bombing which led to death of over 30 worshippers at St Theresa’s Catholic Church.

Earlier, the Committee Chairman, Aminu Sule had observed that Nigeria was passing through difficult moments, saying that people of goodwill and those interested in her survival should work towards ensuring sanity in the polity.

Aminu Sule added that the House of Representatives would continue to work with people who are genuinely interested in the survival of democracy. “We will always back those who speak the truth for the nation to grow,’’ he said.

A former member of the House of Representatives and Executive Secretary of Anti-Corruption Network, Dino Melaye, also asked the Federal Government to take Dokubo’s threat seriously, since it had to do with the unity of the country.

According to him, all relevant security agencies including the police,  Department of State Security, DSS, and National Intelligence Agency, NIA, should without delay arrest and place Asari-Dokubo under surveillance, as he had earlier “carried arms against the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

Melaye further said, “were it to be any of us in the civil society groups that made such an outrageous statement, by now, we would have been invited by the DSS and the police and we would have been accused of threatening the security and peace of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“How can a private citizen who has carried arms against the Federal Government but, the country became so magnanimous to grant him amnesty, now categorically state that if Jonathan is not re-elected in 2015, apparently, there will be no Nigeria again.

“We are using this opportunity to call on the IGP, DG of SSS and DG of NIA to place Dokubo-Asari on caution and let him be made to write a statement and that statement must be investigated. A man who has carried arms before and is giving this kind of threat should not be taken lightly. He should be arrested, investigated and placed on caution,” he stated.

Meanwhile, the Arewa Youth Forum also yesterday asked security agencies to urgently arrest and prosecute ex-militant leader, Asari Dokubo, for threatening to levy war on Nigeria in peace time without any justification.

The National President of the AYF, Alhaji Gambo Ibrahim Gujungu, made the demand in a reaction to the claim by Dokubo that there would be no peace in Nigeria if Jonathan was not re-elected for a second term in 2015.

Although the AYF dismissed Dokubo’s threat as the figment of a confused person. It maintained that the ex-militant leader should be brought to book before he plunged the nation into avoidable crisis.

“To start with, Asari Dokubo cannot be said to be speaking for any group because he has no credibility to do so as his double speak over the years has only shown him as a character who is only after what he can get from the authorities for his selfish gratification .

“Asari must understand and recognize the fact that we in the north are not afraid of war or violence that he is declaring, but following recent antecedents in the country we are of the view that this is the time for well-meaning Nigerians to put their heads together and work for peace and socio-economic development of the country.

“We are looking forward to the 2015 elections with the minds of democrats who believe in the democratic tenets that will usher in socio-economic development for a united Nigeria where all youths will be able to achieve their potentials. We believe that power comes from God and he will give it to whoever he pleases any time.

“Ordinarily we will not join issues with the likes of Asari that are known for their antecedents, but let it be known that as youths from the North we are not afraid of Asari and his cohorts.

“All we are concerned about is to work with other stakeholders in the country towards the return of peace and normalcy in the region and by extension throughout the country so that we can continue with the process of building a virile and peaceful country where the present and future generations and youths can be happy and have a stake to develop themselves to their full potential.’’

Adding their voice to the AYF, a group of Unemployed Nigerians in the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria, GUN774, described the outburst by Dokubo as a serious threat to national peace, which should not be taken lightly by President Jonathan and the security agencies.

The National Leader of GUN774, Okey Nwachukwu, told Vanguard that such a careless statement by Dokubo, a kinsman of Mr. President, was capable of plunging the country into unnecessary chaos at a time the country was in dire need of peace and development.