{"id":231094,"date":"2024-10-13T07:16:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-13T07:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/13\/military-challenges-asari-dokubo-to-come-to-battlefield\/"},"modified":"2024-10-13T07:16:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-13T07:16:16","slug":"military-challenges-asari-dokubo-to-come-to-battlefield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/13\/military-challenges-asari-dokubo-to-come-to-battlefield\/","title":{"rendered":"Military challenges Asari Dokubo to come to battlefield"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> This is coming days after Dokubo threatened to shoot down two military helicopters hovering over his house amid the controversial local government election in Rivers State. <\/p>\n<p> In a video circulating on X on Saturday, October 5, 2024, the ex-militant leader boasted he could contain the Nigerian military. <\/p>\n<p> Dokubo while reacting to the political crisis in Rivers and the deployment of police to the state ahead of the election boisterously vowed to contain the military. <\/p>\n<p> In response to his threats, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj Gen <strong>Edward Buba,<\/strong> dared the ex-militant to come to the battlefield to take on the military. <\/p>\n<p> Buba said the ex-militant leader would be neutralised if he showed up on the battlefield. <\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n          <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ex-militant, Mujahid Asari Dokubo\" title=\"Ex-militant, Mujahid Asari Dokubo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/50db42e818ff4dcc2bc7cea92917f3fa\" data-image-width=\"640\" data-image-height=\"426\"\/><figcaption>\n           Ex-militant, Mujahid Asari Dokubo<br \/>\n          <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> He said, <em>\u201cNow, to comment that he can shoot down military helicopters is laughable, and I am tempted to laugh about that. We are in a democracy, and we are professional; we cannot simply act on someone\u2019s comments without due consideration, lest we be accused of being undemocratic.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> <em>\u201cThe military is not the only security agency or department in the country. Other security forces have a constitutional role to play in addressing these issues.<\/em> <\/p>\n<p> Buba said he would leave the matter to the appropriate security forces to handle, stressing that Dokubo cannot carry out his threats against the military. <\/p>\n<p> <em>\u201cOur mandate is to confront him on the battlefield and take him out. He should come to the battlefield and see whether we can react or not,<\/em>\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p> He maintained that the military\u2019s primary focus is on terrorists operating in various theatres of operation, adding that troops are making significant progress in the fight against terrorism and banditry. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is coming days after Dokubo threatened to shoot down two military helicopters hovering over his house amid the controversial local government election in Rivers State. In a video circulating on X on Saturday, October 5, 2024, the ex-militant leader boasted he could contain the Nigerian military. 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