Human rights activist and lawyer, Mr. Ayo Opadokun, in his reaction to Gen. Danjuma’s comment, said he would always be in support of the former Minster of Defense, especially when it comes to the issue of security and threat to the peace and corporate entity of the nation.
Rather, Opadokun wondered why a sitting president would keep quiet over such threat by people from his region.
"This is suggesting nothing but the fact that Mr. President is in collaboration with them", he said.
Opadokun said it was absolutely unnecessary, dangerous and threatening to our democracy "for some set of people to boldly say that if a particular candidate lost in an election, there would be war."
He posited that Danjuma, who is a war veteran in the country, spoke from the background of his experience and would not want anyone, or group of people to plunge the nation into another war.
"The issue, however, is that the entire eligible electorate in Nigeria would decide between Gen. Buhari and the incumbent (Jonathan), who wins the February 14 presidential election and wherever they decided to follow should be the wish of Nigerians", he said.
The General Secretary, United Niger Delta Energy Development Security Strategy (UNDESS), Mr. Tony Uranta, faulted the call by the former Minster of Defence, saying that the retired General appeared to be partial in his call.
According to him: "Gen. Danjuma is someone I always have respect for and I would continue to do that.
"However, I did not oppose him with what he said because Nigeria cannot afford another series of insecurity now, neither can we afford to go into another war.
"But if anybody is calling for the arrest of Dokubo-Asari and Tompolo over their recent statements, it is equally right for such a person to call for the arrest and prosecution of those who have made similar statements in the past.
"For instance, Gen. Buhari boldly said the country would be made ungovernable if Jonathan won the 2011 election and that is exactly what happened.
"In that regard, one would have expected that Gen. Danjuma should made similar call for the arrest of Buhari. What is good for the North is also good for the South-South."
Also commenting on the matter, former Minister of Transport and a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), Chief Ebenezer Babatope, said it was dangerous to wave Danjuma’s call aside because of his background and his position in the country.
"Gen. Danjuma is someone who believes in the corporate existence of the country and he has also said this many times," he said.
"I can recall he once said Nigeria cannot survive another war. Notwithstanding, the two young men, who threatened war, were reacting to provocation and the kind of insult that the members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have been throwing at the person of Mr. President in the last few years.
"Gen. Danjuma should also use his position, as an elder statesman in the country, to call the APC to order."
A member of the Presidential Advisory Committee on National Conference, Col. Tony Nyiam (Rtd), felt the call by Danjuma was capable of overheating the polity.
Describing the demand as "an insult", he said: "While I do not subscribe to the two ex-militants’ language, it is discriminative or partisan or partial for Gen. Danjuma to dictate the arrest of the Niger Delta militants but condone those who earlier on declared that they will make Nigeria ungovernable if Jonathan becomes the president or those who said they will form a parallel government if they don’t win power by 14 February 2015.
"Where is the equity or balance expected from a respectable statesperson like the former Minister of Defence?"
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