Lai Mohammed should be prosecuted for lying against Obi, Clark tells FG
Elder statesman Chief Edwin Clark has called for the prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, over his treason comment against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi.
Former Federal Commissioner of Information said in a statement on Monday that the minister has led the arm of the present administration, which rather than unite the country “as his job implies,” he has been deliberately disseminating falsehood against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, at home and abroad
He also lamented that Mohammed has behaved in manners that are less noble for the office he occupies, citing his alleged use of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), an agent of his ministry, as “constant weapon of intimidation and harassment of the press.”
Recalling his time as the Federal Government’s spokesman under the General Yakubu Gowon regime and the former head of state’s commendation, Clark said that “whatever I said or did, could either make or mar the unity, peace and oneness of the country. That was my guiding principle. And without being immodest, I think it paid positively.”
He noted: “Lai Mohammed, as his duty as Minister of Information entails, who ought to treat the media as the fourth estate of the realm, as it is done all over the world, in civilised places, has rather decided to wear the ‘oga’ toga.”
The foremost Ijaw leader condemned Mohammed’s accusation against Obi on the idea of interim government while deliberately leaving out Nigerians who have spoken on it even though the LP presidential candidate was not known to have shared a thought on the matter.
Clark maintained: “So, for me to see what Lai Mohammed is doing with the office today is disappointing.
“His recent sojourn to the United States of America (USA), on the issue of Interim National Government (ING), to damage the reputation of Mr. Peter Obi’s rising profile, to me, is an effort in futility, because Lai Mohammed did not base his accusations on any report or information given by any state agency, but on mere propaganda targeted at destroying the reputation of an innocent citizen.
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