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  • Dokubo seeks peaceful coexistence among Kalabari communities

    Dokubo seeks peaceful coexistence among Kalabari communities

    Da-Amakiri Tubo, Alhaji Mujahid Abubakr Dokubo-Asari, Amanyanabo of The Source (Elem Kalabari), Dabaye Amakiri 1, has issued a heartfelt new year goodwill message to monarchs, chiefs, elites, and the masses of the Kalabari Kingdom and Kalabaris in the diaspora.

    In his new year message, he emphasised the importance of unity and peaceful coexistence in all Kalabari communities, stressing that this is crucial for development and progress.

    Dokubo-Asari, known for his tireless efforts in fighting for resource control, oppression, and environmental conservation in the Niger Delta, also urged youths to shun cultism and violent associations that harm others. Instead, he encouraged them to embrace peaceful and constructive endeavors that promote the well-being of the community.

    He went on to call upon the professional class, elites, and the rich, both in the diaspora and in Nigeria, to return home and invest in Kalabari. “Our people need to come back home to build houses here instead of buying land in other communities.

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    “I urge my fellow Kalabari brothers and sisters worldwide to set up businesses here that will boost the economy of the Kalabari Kingdom and provide jobs for our people. Our region is rich in oil and gas with opportunities in marine transportation. There are huge possibilities in agriculture and tourism development and many other avenues for viable investments.”

    He added: “As Amanyanabo of The Source, (Elem Kalabari) I recommit myself to the promotion, preservation and growth of everything that has to do with Kalabari like I have done for over 20 years.”

    As the newly installed Amanyanabo of The Source (Elem Kalabari), Dokubo-Asari is poised to build upon his legacy, fostering growth, development, and prosperity for the Kalabari kingdom.

  • Protest: ‘Mischief makers misrepresented Asari Dokubo’

    Protest: ‘Mischief makers misrepresented Asari Dokubo’

    President of the Coastal Dwellers Association of West Africa, Arch Tom Inko- Tariah,  has described as untrue and mischievous representations in the media space that Alhaji Mujahid Abubakar Dokubo-Asari, is against the present protests in Nigeria.

    According to Arch Tariah, mischief makers on social media cut, pasted and edited a lengthy speech given by the Alabo Edi Abali of Kalabari Kingdom at a recent NDDC event in Port Harcourt to give it a different connotation.

    Arch Tom in a statement  says Dokubo- known for his lifelong dedication to fighting for the people cannot change at this stage of his life.

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    “What he is actually against is anarchy and any attempts to overthrow an elected government through a coup.”

    Tariah highlighted Dokubo-Asari’s unwavering commitment to standing by the people and fighting for justice and equality throughout his career.

    He noted that while Dokubo-Asari may have expressed concerns about the potential for violence and chaos during the protests, his stance is rooted in a desire to uphold democratic principles and prevent any destabilization of the country.

     ” Let me tell you something. Don’t pretend about it. We are all sitting here peacefully. It will be good for you to visit Liberia, visit Somalia…visit Venezuela. I was in Libya, I was a friend of Ghaddafi, I lived in Libya. Libya was paradise. Today Libya is hell-fire. Ninety percent of those who led the anarchy against Ghaddafi are all dead.

    “Let nobody deceive you that there will be a peaceful protest. It’s not a protest. It’s a call to anarchy. Have you read the ten-point demand? A change of government, a change of constitution, and a change of this and that. Is that a demand for good governance? That is a coup and we will resist it.

    “People have been hungry and this is not the first time. Nobody is happy that people are hungry. We are all working so that the burden on the shoulders of the people will be lifted and carried away.

    “The President has done this. The President is doing this. He is not doing that. When a government comes to power, we cease to be political party members. We cease to be PDP or APC or YPP or any other political party. We all now have a party called Nigeria. Party Nigeria, that’s what we are and we must all work, no religion says you must pray for your government to fail. Anywhere you see a small thing for your government to fail, immediately you jump in, the government must fail. This government will not fail. This government will stand.

    “We might have differences. We must tell those in government that if you are in government, you must not use your power in government to suppress people, to cause anarchy.”

  • Why Buhari is committed to amnesty programme, by Dokubo

    Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs Prof. Charles Dokubo has said the Federal Government views the Amnesty Programme as a necessary and veritable tool to transform the hitherto restive oil rich region.

    This, he noted, informed President Muhammadu Buhari’s commitment to actualising the objectives of the programme.

    A statement by Dokubo’s media aide, Murphy Ganagana, said the coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) spoke in Abuja at a commemorative rally to mark the struggle for emancipation of the Niger Delta, spearheaded by the late Maj. Isaac Boro.

    The Boro Day is an annual event organised by the Ijaw in all states of the South-south and Abuja.

    Dokubo, described Boro as the first person to see the Niger Delta as a viable region, noted that the Amnesty Programme was a direct reflection of his desires for the Niger Delta people.

    He said: “We are here today because of a journey he started some years ago. What we do here is to symbolise the aspiration and ambition of Boro. Amnesty is a direct reflection of his desires for the Niger Delta people.

    “The Federal Government, under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua, took up amnesty, not because it was a difficult task, but because it was a necessary task, and that is why this government is so committed to the Amnesty Programme. I have been around for just a year plus, and I have seen the desire of this government to ensure the amnesty programme survives, and the people of Niger Delta benefit from it.

    “After assuming office, I tried to open the doors of my office to every Niger Delta person; I did that because I know it is necessary and because we need equality of all Niger Delta people. There is no Niger Delta person that has come to my office and had gone back displeased.

    “What I want to do is de-emphasise dependence on N65,000 monthly stipends by beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme so that Niger Delta people can work, earn and also enjoy themselves….”

  • Ex-militants vow to resist protests against Dokubo, Brambaifa

    Niger Delta ex-militants have expressed their disappointment over sustained protests against the Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Dokubo, and Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Prof. Nelson Brambaifa.

    The ex-militants, who met at the weekend in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, under the auspices of Conference of First Phase Ex-Agitators (CFPE), vowed to resist further protests against Dokubo and Brambaifa.

    A statement by the Chairman, Ifiemi D-Bull, and Senior National Adviser Chief Kalaiti Obadiah-1, said they would henceforth go after robbers and kidnappers operating at the Rivers and Bayelsa states axis of the East-West road.

    The ex-agitators described the protests as “professional”, saying their investigations showed that they were borne out of frivolities, bigotry, hostilities and political differences.

    They condemned the looting of empowerment packages at the amnesty warehouse in Kaiama, Kolokuma-Opokuma council in Bayelsa State by “security agencies and indigenes”.

    The statement reads: “We will not fold our hands against crimes that short-changed us. We are the victims. We condemn the act. We urge President Muhammadu Buhari to set up investigation panel to look into the looting to stop the suspicion on Prof. Dokubo, even as we plead that Dokubo be retained to continue as Special Adviser and Coordinator of PAP.

    “Payments of stipends to the ex-agitators have been regular. Bursaries to students and school fees are released unhindered. Contracts are issued according to merit and social services to ex-agitators have not been ignored.”

    They noted that Brambaifa’s appointment as Acting Managing Director of NDDC was a welcome development, saying he was qualified for the position having been part of the Niger Delta struggle.

    The ex-militants insisted that his appointment was a clear indication of Buhari’s intelligence and visionary instincts in choosing the right people.

    According to them, the professor had rejuvenated the commission’s abandoned social welfare and empowerment projects, and women groups, youth organisations and medically-challenged persons were benefitting from Brambaifa’s inputs.

    They said: “We are proud of him as an Ijaw man, and doubly proud that he is a Bayelsan. We admire and appreciate his strides, and we urge him to be steadfast in his good work. We believe that the water hyacinth jobs and voluntary surveillance contracts would include members of the CFPE.”

    The ex-militants urged Buhari to confirm Brambaifa’s appointment as substantive managing director of the NDDC.

    On criminal activities on the East-West road, they said: “We realise that kidnappings, killings, robberies are big problems to all of us and our families. Businesses are collapsing because of these crimes. People no longer have the mind to move around and do business because of threats to their lives.

    “As ex-militants, we have embraced peace. This is the reason people confront us, desecrate our land and do whatever they want in the name of dirty crimes.

    “We are using this opportunity to let the world know that henceforth, whosoever attacks people on the East-West road, especially at the Bayelsa State axis, will have us to contend with. Such person will have to deal with us in a manner that we will make sure they will never ever survive.

    “We are sending this message to the entire world, Rivers and Bayelsa States to work together and do the very best possible because if they don’t stop, we shall take our action and enter the road.”

  • ‘Ijaw nation willing to work with Dokubo’

    The Presidential Amnesty Programme has dismissed as mischievous and self-serving, a post on the social media by factional President of the Ijaw Youth Congress (IYC); Mr. Oweilaemi Pereotubo, claiming that the Ijaw nation had passed a vote of no confidence on the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator, Amnesty Programme, Prof. Charles Dokubo.

    On the contrary, the Presidential Amnesty Office said highly respected and influential leaders of the Ijaw nation have expressed willingness to assist Dokubo in refocusing the amnesty programme to its original mandate for the sustenance of peace and development of the Niger Delta region.

    Mr. Murphy Ganagana, Special Assistant (Media) to Prof. Dokubo, said in a statement at the weekend that the IYC factional president’s comments on a social media platform made a few hours after an appeal for a meeting of the amnesty programme boss with a select group of Niger Delta stakeholders to be rescheduled for a later date, was tempestuous, malicious, mischievous.

    He noted that Prof. Dokubo is deeply rooted in the pains, challenges and aspirations of the Niger Delta people and committed to rewriting the sad narrative of the region.

    He said in the statement that “In his quest to ensure that the Presidential Amnesty Programme is moved to the Next Level in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s mandate, Prof. Charles Dokubo has held several consultative meetings with leaders of ex-Niger Delta agitators, beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme and other critical stakeholders.”

    He added that in one such meeting, some “top flight Niger Delta stakeholders made remarks which was capped by a highly respected leader, Elder T. K Ogoriba, who expressed the desire and willingness of critical stakeholders to assist Dokubo in moving the amnesty programme forward.”

    The Presidential Amnesty Programme therefore urged “the factional IYC president to channel his youthful energy towards building bridges of unity, progress and development among the youths of the great Ijaw nation, not in engaging in dangerous antics that will provoke and incite the youths against the Federal Government of Nigeria.”

  • Our plan for amnesty programme, by Dokubo

    THOSE thinking that the payment of monthly stipends to former militants is all the Amnesty Programme means to the oil-rich region needs got it all wrong, Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Prof Charles Dokubo, has said.

    The professor, who doubles as the Amnesty Programme Coordinator, said the office was created by the Federal Government as a means to an end and not an end in itself.

    He said: “In the past, the people of Niger Delta had claimed that they have not been given access to things that they should have benefited from their area, especially in the oil industry.

    “It has been discovered that these issues cannot be addressed by just paying stipends to the people. We must create an environment in which they can be educated, vocationally trained and empowered, so that they could attain heights and also have access to employment opportunities in the Programme.

    “Beyond the training, we must also look for job placements so that they can work and we can also stop their stipends once they have jobs. These are issues that we have always confronted and since we have dealt with the two Ds, the reintegration is a serious issue to managers of the amnesty programme.”

    Going forward, Dokubo said the task ahead is how to get those who have sharpened their skills in the various vocational schemes organised by the office gainfully employed and give back to the society by paying taxes.

    He explained: “For me, that mandate is what I want to do. We have done a lot of training, it is now how do we get jobs for these people that we have trained, so that they could earn salary, pay taxes, and also, you know about the multiplier effects of earnings.

    “It is not that the people of the Niger Delta are unemployable; they are employable, given the chances that are available. They could also attain greater heights and compete with others in every sector of the economy.”

    Citing the skills acquisition centres in Agadagba, Ondo State, Gelegele in Edo State and Kiaima, Bayelsa State, as parts of efforts develop the former agitators for the challenges ahead, the special adviser said that his mission is to site vocational centres in every state in the Niger Delta.

    He informed that the Amnesty Office has entered into partnership with some institutions, including the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI); Petroleum Institute (PTI), Effurun, Delta State and a Greek fishing firm to get the trainees certificated after their programmes.

    He said: “Actions will be taken; trainings will be done, and empowerment will be done immediately after. You don’t have to wait for years or wait to be trained and trained before you get your empowerment. So that is why I have called you today; that the Amnesty Office is ready to move forward.

    “We will be forming synergies with private and government institutions. Recently we sent names to the Nigerian Navy, so that they can employ people from the Niger Delta. We have sent names to the police, so they can be employed. These things we are doing so that people from the Niger Delta will stop depending on stipend.

    “Stipend does not develop a community. It only sustains the peace and not their future. What we want to do is to take people who have gotten jobs out of the stipends; make arrangements with multinational companies like Shell, Chevron and Mobil among others operating in the Niger Delta to work with us as part of their corporate social responsibility so that those who have been trained can also be given jobs.

    “Job placement is the next stage of my plans for the next year and I believe that if we can achieve that, we are going to do well. The people of the Niger Delta will not cry their old cries again that they have been marginalised.

    “The amount of money government has spent on this programme is a lot and I know that if we judiciously expend it, most people from the Niger Delta will benefit immensely. I want this programme to be a success, if not, our children yet unborn will keep asking us what we did for them if we say we have fought for Niger Delta.

    “This tale about being deprived should not be something we should keep saying. We have been given access. No part of Nigeria has more agencies than the Niger Delta. Now that we have these things, I will implore the people of Niger Delta to know that the sky is their beginning if they will work when they are given a job. Job placement is now the motto of the Amnesty Office and at the end, we will leave beneficiaries of the Amnesty Programme gainfully employed and be made employable so that we can also know that we have done something for our people.

    “We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with to the NBTI so that our people will not just be trained by certain individuals, they will also be certificated by a known body and with their certificates they can used to secure jobs.

    “I have always said that the government can create the enabling environment for individuals to take the initiative of employing other citizens. That is what I want to do. I told you about the Greek fishing company that will train 2,500 of our delegates and they are going to employ 2000 of them. We are making strides in the right direction; so it is not just training for training sake; it is training to get a job.”

    On the challenges being faced and the way out, Dokubo said it has been herculean discouraging beneficiaries of the monthly stipend that they would be better as employees in other organisations.

    He identified the fear of earning a monthly wage that is below the 65, 000 they get from the amnesty scheme as a major challenge.

    Dokubo said: “On being absorbed into work after training, some graduates are being paid N40, 000, but if you give our people a job for N40, 000, they think about the stipends that they are earning. So, that is the challenge I am having. How can we appease their minds? Convince them that you can’t work endlessly, but you will grow with the work, it is not about the immediate gratification you want.

    “If your mind is so dependent on that stipend, it becomes difficult. So, that is the challenge, how do we reduce the dependence in the people that we are training. How do we also make them realise that employment is not only by government and private institutions; that they can also do something for themselves and also employ other people in the process?

    “And on that, my office is ready to give anybody who is ready to set up a business the necessary financial assistance because we cannot continue to have a long list of people depending on stipend. The stipend culture should be removed from our programme.

    Looking at the region where we are coming, the major sector for job is the oil industry. That is why the Agadagba Training Centre is there for middle and lower level oil and gas manpower to be absorbed by the companies. Also, Nigeria is no longer an oil producing country; it’s more of a gas producing country. So, these are the areas that we want them to be employed and if they grow with these new companies, I know that in 10 years to come, they will be highly rated in the industry and could also set up their own in most cases and run it.”

    The professor, who was appointed special adviser a year ago, spoke of his plan for the office.

    “What I want to do is to make sure that those that are trained must have jobs to go back to. Ordinary training is not my aim, and even for those who have been trained but have no jobs, they can be retrained for the right job in this technological environment.

    “That is what I’ll be remembered for; we are changing the dependence on stipends and training those who will work and earn money and that is why a vocational training centre in all states of the Niger Delta will be established. After that, we can go back and sleep with two eyes closed.”

  • Ex-agitators to Buhari: ignore calls for Dokubo’s removal

    A coalition of ex-agitators’ groups from Kalabari extraction of Ijaw nation in Niger Delta region Monday took to the streets of Port Harcourt in support of the Coordinator, Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Prof. Charles Quaker Dokubo in office.

    The youths numbering over 100 staged a peaceful procession from the Port Harcourt Polo club to the Amnesty liaison office in the GRA area of the city, calling on President Muhammadu Buhari-led government to ignore the call, describing the masterminds as distractors and mean on the region and country in general.

    Similar protest also by ex-militant youths was reportedly held in Bayelsa last week, but not in favour of the amnesty Boss, the protesters apparently called for his sack from office, on the grounds of incompetence and alleged looting of amnesty training facility in the state (Bayelsa) by unknown persons.

    But the kalabari youths Monday described Dokubo who doubles as Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Niger Delta Affairs a professional, caring and listening father who have changed the face of amnesty office, the youths of the region and by extension resulting in the peace being witnessed in the region, adding that those calling for his removal are faceless and think no good for the region.

    The groups are, Kalabari Indigenous Movement, Niger Delta Ex-agitators forum, Niger Delta Ex-agitators forum for Good Governance, Niger Delta Advocates of Peace, Progressive Youths Movement of Niger Delta and Concerned Aggrieved Youths of Niger Delta.

    The aggrieved youths who displayed pal-cards and banners with inscriptions that captured their position and identity chanted songs as they moved.

    Some of the write-ups read, “Dokubo is doing well, leave him alone”, “Bayelsa, Kalabari are Ijaw”, ” Don’t Destroy Ijaw Unity”, “President Buhari we love you, do not pay attention to the enemies of Niger Delta”, ” Enough is enough”, “Amnesty is not only for Bayelsa”, ” Stop the pull him down syndrome” among others.

    Speaking on behalf of the protesters at the amnesty office, the leader of the march, Sepiribo Douglas, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to Ignore the insinuations of the disgruntled politicians plotting the removal of Prof. Dokubo.

    They said Prof. Dokubo does not deserve the call to be removed but instead he deserves to be comm3nded and applauded for his ingenuity in running the affairs of the office and the youths involved, which in their believe have changed the narratives of the amnesty office.

    They said, “We are happy that our son has all it takes to occupy the position. He is an astute Professor, a think-tank, visionary and a pragmatist. Since he became the Special Adviser, he has promptly and regularly paid ex-agitators and has also brought out a laudable blue print to transform the lives or ex-agitators and the rural communities in the Niger Delta region.”

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    In their judgements, Prof. Dokubo ranks best among the former personnel who headed the office before him, stressing that he has within first year in office cleared all indebtedness to ex-agitators and maintained regular and prompt payments, and also pushed for and implemented the decentralization of the office to states in the region.

    They commended him for his numerous achievements he has recorded in his one year anniversary and advised him to do more for the region in order to leave a legacy that Kalabari people would be proud of.

    “We are not unaware of the spurious protest in Bayelsa by faceless sponsors who were power hungry, and we are yet to come to terms as to the why a fellow Ijaw person(s) will be plotting to remove their own and we are asking if Kalabari is not Ijaw,” they lamented.

    He appealed to Ijaw elders and leaders to caution these individuals from Ijaw land scheming to remove Prof. Dokubo for the sake of the unity of Ijaw nation.

    He congratulated President Muhammadu on his re-election in the just concluded elections and assured him of the support of Kalabari people.

    Responding, the Manager, Rivers state Liaison office of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Alabo Fenibo M.M. Jack, promised to take their message to the Special Adviser in Abuja.

    Jack, who was represented by the head, Administrative matters, Mr. Diepreye Robert, appealed to the protesters to remains peaceful and law abiding in their protest, and pledged to get to the root of the unfortunate vandalism and looting of the Amnesty office in Bayelsa state leading to the issues arising.

  • PAP changing dependence on stipends in Niger Delta, says Dokubo

    Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta and Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) Prof. Charles Dokubo has said the programme is changing the focus of ex-militants from dependence on stipends to job creation.

    Dokubo, who addressed reporters in Abuja at the weekend, said: “Offices are established everywhere in the Niger Delta. No office is assigned to a particular person because the person comes from a particular community.

    “If you have been given a job to do and you are ineffective, in every office they can sack people. That you are born to a family, and the family is well known does not entitle you to that job forever. If someone from that place was removed and someone from another Niger Delta area replaces him/her, there shouldn’t have been a conflict about that unless the person who was removed was instrumental to the destruction of Kaiama.

    “I am from Abonemma in Rivers State. I am today in the Amnesty Office because I am from Niger Delta. Others from other parts of Niger Delta occupied this before me because it belongs to everybody from Niger Delta; the assignments and appointments are just like that. If you have done your bit, we cannot keep you there forever, because, sometimes, since you are a native, you have also gone more native and you begin to feel a sense of entitlement because of the name you bear.

    “Having a facility in a town does not give ownership to that community. I asked them if there was a foreign invasion of this place, will you stop them, or will you join them because it is your own? I told them there because I was ashamed to be a Niger Delta person.

    “We are changing the dependence on stipends, and training those who will work and earn money, and that is why a vocational training centre in all states of the Niger Delta will be established. After that, we can go back and sleep with our eyes closed.

    “When I came from the Institute of International Affairs, I did not know that this office was so problematic. There is that sense of entitlement from a particular group who believe that this office belongs to them. I am more Niger Deltan than any other Niger Deltan, and where I come from should not be used against me.

    “If you are doing the right thing, you have blocked loopholes for people who are doing the wrong things, they will fight you. I didn’t know that this concept of “dash” has been engraved in the lives of our people. You cannot answer all the insults thrown at you; if you do that, how will you be able to do your work? Let us carry on the work regardless of whatever they do. We will not be distracted because our goal is there; we will achieve our aim. I want to leave this place with my head high.”

  • OPC to Dokubo, others: stay away from Southwest

    A pan-Yoruba group, the Oodua People’s Congress-Reformed (OPC-R), has warned ex-Niger Delta militant leader, Asari Dokubo and those planning to foment trouble during Saturday’s governorship and house of assembly elections to stay away from the Southwest in their own interest.

    It also warned them to stop issuing inflammatory remarks and threats of attacks on the Yoruba.

    Dokubo was widely reported in a section of the media a few days ago to have threatened to deal with the Yoruba in a video posted on Youtube, if non-indigenes were attacked during the polls.

    In a statement issued by its President, Comrade Dare Adesope, the group said its men are prepared to protect Yoruba and their Igbo counterparts in Lagos State.

    He said: ” Asari Dokubo and others should mind their choice of words while addressing Yoruba people because it is very clear that the Yoruba are not enjoying the privilege we give to the Igbo and other tribes in their land.

    ”The presidential election is over and we are looking forward to the governorship poll. We have decided to stand up to the task and protect our states by ensuring that the election is violence-free. Any group planning to disrupt the poll should have a rethink because OPC(R) is prepared to resist such act with our last blood.

    ”Heavy presence of our members would be adequately felt in all the polling booths across the Southwest.”

    virtue of this , we are imploring all registered voters to come out and exercise their franchise without fear of attack from any quarters.

    ”And to all Igbo groups and persons threatening to attack Yorubas, I am sounding a strong warning that they should give it a second thought because we are very ready to defend our people. They should know that the gentility of a tiger is not  is not an act of cowardice.”

     

  • Dokubo: I know nothing about theft at Amnesty centre

    Coordinator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme Charles Dokubo has said he knows nothing about the theft of equipment from the Vocational Training Centre in Kaiama, Bayelsa State.

    Dokubo spoke yesterday in Abuja when he inaugurated a Special Investigative Panel to probe the theft.

    Panel members include Brig.-Gen. Sotunde Sangonuga (Chairman); Mr. Dodoye Arikpo (DSS), Paddy Ogon; Mrs. Cynthia Ogbe; Mr. Reuben Wilson and Mr. Unyime Eyo.

    Dokubo said he travelled home to Rivers State to participate in the Presidential elections and was not present during the incident.

    He said: “On the evening of Wednesday, February 13, I got news that certain persons had invaded the Vocational Training Centre in Kaiama, and overwhelmed the security men.

    “The soldiers and other security forces deployed to quell the situation were under strict instruction not to do anything to escalate the tensed pre-election situation.

    “It is not entirely true that the soldiers and other security agencies deployed did nothing to stop the looting.”

    Dokubo urged the investigative panel to ‘truly appraise the roles played by the military and other security agencies in Kaiama.

    “We shall provide whatever this panel needs to do its job thoroughly without any form of hindrance. All summon by this panel must be obeyed by all, and any subpoenaed document must be supplied. The Special Investigative Panel has seven working days to complete its investigations and submit its report.”