Attack On Buhari: Asari Dokubo Writes Letter To SSS

Major political figure of the Ijaw ethnic group in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari has requested the Department of State Services (DSS) investigate allegations against him that he was behind the attack on Muhammadu Buhari.

In a letter written on his behalf by his lawyer, Festus Keyamo and addressed to the Director General of the DSS, Dokubo said after the bomb blasts in Kaduna on Wednesday, 23rd July, 2014 which killed about 85 people and was allegedly targeted at the former Head of State, Buhari and an Islamic Cleric, Sheik Dahiru Bauchi, an online media, RESCUE NEWS, published a news item, accusing him of procuring the suicide bombers who attempted to kill Buhari.

According to Daily Trust Report, the letter read in part, "The publisher further alleged that our client paid the sum of N5,000,000.00 (Five Million Naira) to the suicide bombers that carried out the said dastardly act and that one of the suspected suicide bombers arrested in connection with the said incident of 23rd July, 2014 has confessed to our client’s complicity in the said act.

"The said allegations have endangered the life of our client, the lives of his family, close associates and kinsmen."

Asari, who said he has the right to express his opinion on national issues just like any other Nigerian, described the allegations as too weighty and grave to ignore or disregard.