ASARI DOKUBO RESPONDING TO AMNESTY ISSUE IN NIGERIA: “First, amnesty is a fraud.

ASARI DOKUBO RESPONDING TO AMNESTY ISSUE IN NIGERIA:

“First, amnesty is a fraud.
“It is not known to the Nigerian law.
“The government can only put in two things: exercise prerogative
of mercy after a person has been convicted or when a person
is under trial to put a nolli prosequi, but you cannot see
somebody and declare him a criminal and give him pardon.
“It is very wrong.
“It is a mistake we made the first time and if you have made a
mistake once, you continue to make it.
“If you give amnesty to the Salafi movement, I don’t know them as
Boko Haram, other people will come and may be I will form a
group and ask for amnesty and they will give.
“So the vicious circle will continue.
“I cannot in one breath see that some other people are sitting at
home and receiving N65,000 and say that others should not.
“I cannot say that.
“It will be inconsistent with what I stand for.
“As far as I am concerned, the amnesty proposed to whether it is
Boko Haram or any organisation, as far as it has been given to one
set of people, it should be given to all.”