{"id":31947,"date":"2014-10-09T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31947"},"modified":"2014-10-09T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T15:06:41","slug":"9-3-million-dollars-arms-scandal-apc-insists-asari-dokubo-part-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/9-3-million-dollars-arms-scandal-apc-insists-asari-dokubo-part-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"$9.3 Million Dollars Arms Scandal: APC Insists Asari Dokubo Part of the Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412862915815_12218\" class=\"message content\" style=\"color: #000000;\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412862915815_12253\" class=\"base-card \" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412862915815_12289\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1412862915815_12254\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that Asari Dokubo\u2019s denial<br \/>\ncarries no weight until the Federal Government comes clean on the identity<br \/>\nof Nigerians aboard the plane carrying the $9.3 million dollars impounded<br \/>\nby the South African Government.<\/p>\n<p>The Leader of the Niger Delta People\u2019s Volunteer Force, Alhaji Mujaheed<br \/>\nDokubo-Asari, had distanced himself from the $9.3 million botched arms<br \/>\ndeal in South Africa, saying he had not been to the country since 2002<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday by its National Publicity<br \/>\nSecretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said its reaction followed a<br \/>\nstory published by www.africaneagle.com and www.nairaland.com saying Asari<br \/>\nDokubo was one of the Nigerians aboard the jet that carried the money to<br \/>\nSouth Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dTo the best of our knowledge, that report has not been denied over 24<br \/>\nhours later. We therefore contend that Asari Dokubo\u2019s denial of his<br \/>\ninvolvement carries no weight until the government, which has claimed<br \/>\nownership of the funds, tells Nigerians who the two Nigerian citizens- who<br \/>\nwere in the plane with an Israeli \u2013 are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe have no business with Asari Dokubo. He can blab all he likes. We have<br \/>\nno reason to disbelieve a widely-circulated published report that named<br \/>\nhim as one of those on the plane. If he now says he was not on the plane,<br \/>\nlet the government come out and tell Nigerians who and who were on it, it<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>APC wondered why the government has refused, for over three weeks now, to<br \/>\nidentify the Nigerians who flew on the plane that ferried the money<br \/>\nto South Africa, especially after the Israeli who was also on the plane<br \/>\nhas been named.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dIdentifying the Nigerians will help to unravel the circumstances<br \/>\nsurrounding the whole scandal. It will be interesting to know if the<br \/>\nNigerians are security officials, officials from the office of the NSA who<br \/>\nissued the end-user certificate for the transaction or ordinary Nigerians.<br \/>\nIt will be interesting to know their relationship with the government that<br \/>\nqualified them to fly such a huge amount of money to another country<br \/>\nwithout declaring it. It will be interesting to know if they are arms<br \/>\ncontractors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dWe hope the Jonathan Administration will end its deafening silence on the<br \/>\nissue immediately and come clean on the whole scandal,\u201d the party said.<\/p>\n<p>Asari in a telephone interview with journalists\u00a0 from Saudi Arabia where<br \/>\nhe is presently performing the 2014 Hajj, said the last time he visited<br \/>\nSouth Africa was in the 2002 and could not have gone to any country<br \/>\nwithout a visa.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cCan you enter any country without a visa? No person can enter<br \/>\nany country without a visa. Presently, I am in Saudi Arabia performing my<br \/>\nHajj as the Amirul Hajj of Bayelsa State and this can be confirmed. I flew<br \/>\nFlynass from Kaduna on the 27th. So, it is really a shame that Lai<br \/>\nMohammed who has defiled the name of Allah has become a pathological and<br \/>\naward-winning liar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody enters any country without a visa and I have not been to South<br \/>\nAfrica since 2002. My passport is present. I flew Arik airline from Lagos<br \/>\non the 27th and went to Kaduna where I flew Flynass airline and came to<br \/>\nSaudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAPC has reduced itself to a party of liars just the same way their<br \/>\npresidential candidate, notorious liar and confirmed dictator, General<br \/>\nBuhari, stage managed an assassination in order to gain cheap popularity<br \/>\nand where more than 100 people were killed and he has not been put on<br \/>\ntrial. 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