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The All Progressives Congress on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Goodluck Jonathan alleging threats against its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed by the leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force, Mujahid Dokubo-Asari.

In the letter which was signed by its National Secretary, Mai Mala Buni, the APC said Asaris threat, was contained in an interview granted to the online newspaper Premium Timeson Friday, Oct. 17th 2014.

According to the party, the threat was sequel to a press statement which was issued on behalf of the party by Mohammed on Oct. 8th 2014, asking the Federal Government to explain the reported presence of Mr. Asari Dokubo on the plane that transported US$9.3 million cash to South Africa In the interview, Mr. Asari Dokubo said while he would adopt a civilised response to Mr. Mohammed by first suing the APC spokesperson for his remarks, he (Asari Dokubo) warned that should the courts fail to deliver justice, he will resort to self-help by using his hands and any other means to deal with Mr. Mohammed.

The party said we find this threat totally abhorring, dangerous, unacceptable and uncivilized, and therefore wish to request that you call Mr. Asari Dokubo to order and invite him to explain what he meant by his threat to resort to self help.

We have attached a copy of the said interview to this petition.

We take the unwarranted threat very seriously, in view of the antecedents of Mr. Asari Dokubo and his propensity to violence, and will definitely hold him personally responsible if anything untoward happens to our National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

The party noted that since ours is a country that operates under the rule of law rather than the laws of the jungle, it believes anyone who is aggrieved over any issue should resort to the courts to seek redress.

It explained that where aggrieved persons decide to take the laws into their own hands, as Mr. Asari Dokubo has threatened, it is an invitation to anarchy.

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