Yusuph Olaniyonu, special adviser
to Senate President Bukola Saraki on media, says the popularity of Lai
Mohammed, minister of information and culture, in Kwara state is
“non-existent”.
Olaniyonu made the remark in a
statement released over a comment credited to the minister.
The minister had said Saraki’s
claim that he offered N10 million for the care of the victims of the Offa
robbery incident is false.
He had also accused Saraki of
compelling a Kwara-based radio station to rebroadcast an altered version of the
programme where he had announced the donation.
Reacting, Olaniyonu challenged
the minister to prove his allegations and described him as a “guest politician”
in Kwara.
He said: “After reading the
laughable and entirely empty statement issued by the Minister today, we
challenge him, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to bring out the two recordings of the live
transmission and the repeat broadcast to show the public where it is doctored.
“Mr. Mohammed should be
well-aware that this interview was aired live, hence, his insinuation that
certain sections were subsequently doctored puts the reputation of the 5 radio
stations that aired the interview and the 4 that aired the repeat in jeopardy.
This also includes Harmony FM, an FRCN station that is under the minister of
information’s supervision.
“How possible can it be for
something that was donated in Offa to be used in Ilorin? Additionally, while
Lai Mohammed is trying to determine whether or not there is a speck in another
person’s eye, he should do the public a favour and remove the speck in his own
eye by telling the public what he has done or donated to alleviate the plight
of the people of Offa at any time.
“If he is attacking Saraki for
donating millions to the victims of a burnt market in Offa and not those who
sustained injury during the robbery incident, what has he done at any time to
help the people of that town since he became one of the ‘guest politicians’ in
the state?
“Lai Mohammed keeps on
grandstanding with false and baseless assertions of his entirely non-existent
popularity. If he is as popular in Kwara as he claims, why and how did he
perform so woefully in the 2003 polls as gubernatorial candidate? If he is
indeed known and accepted in Kwara, why is it that his son is running for a
house of assembly seat in Lagos — and not in Kwara?
“If Lai Mohammed has any contrary
evidence, we challenge him to go to court or end this blatant disrespect and
disregard for the memories of the victims lost in the Offa Robbery incident.”
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