The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP as taken a
swipe at the Information and Culture Minister,
Alhaji Lai Mohammed for fingering opposition
parties as the mastermind of hate speeches
currently threatening the unity of the Nigerian
State.
In a press statement signed by the National
Publicity Secretary, National Caretaker Committee
of the PDP, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, the party
expressed shock at the Minister’s outburst even
as it described the statement as another lie from
Alhaji Mohammed.
. Read the
party's statement below
The Leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) is taken aback over the recent
vituperation by the Honourable Minister of
Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in
which he accused opposition in the Country as
being responsible for hate speeches,
disinformation and fake news. How convenient!
This is another lie from Lai Mohamned!! Mr.
Minister is invited to review his past speeches/
statements as Spokesman of opposition ACN/
APC and then he will agree with us that the APC
leaders/members are the architect and
sustainers of hate speeches in our dear Country,
Nigeria.
2. In case Lai Mohammed has forgotten, let us
remind him and his Parties, the ACN & APC that
in their desperate quest to grab power by all
means, organized and carried out series of
campaigns of calumny as opposition designed
to mislead the public, discredit the Person and
Office of past PDP led administrations
especially, that of the immediate past President,
Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan, GCFR in order to
cause disaffection amongst Nigerians against
his government.
3. Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the Spokesman of
ACN at a press conference in April 2013 raised
a false alarm alleging that the Federal
Government of Nigeria under President Jonathan
had awarded an oil pipeline protection contract
to serve as a smokescreen in funding activities
that would create chaos in the South-West
region. Of course, it turned out that no such
contract was ever awarded by the Jonathan
Administration.
4. Still in April 2013, the ACN Spokesman now
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai
Mohammed mischievously alleged that
President Jonathan had issued a Presidential
Directive targeted at witch-hunting the Former
Governor of Lagos State and Leader of the ACN ,
Bola Tinubu in order to stop the Merger of the
Party with other political parties. This also
turned out to be a hoax.
5. Also before the 2015 General Elections, the
Chairman of APC, Chief John Oyegun in
November 2014, vowed to form a parallel
government if the Elections were rigged. His
statement was later re-echoed by the
Presidential Campaign Director-General of the
APC, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, and now Minister for
Transport. Talk about distractions, intimidation,
harrasements and hate speeches, and that
defines the APC leaders and members.
6. Let us not forget the Infamous inflammatory
statements by General Muhammadu Buhari that
caused wide spread violence and killings of
Nigerians in the 2011 General Elections. The
General repeated almost the same statement on
the 14th of May 2012 in Kaduna State when
some CPC members from Niger State paid him
a visit. He was quoted to have incited his
supporters saying “…if what happened in 2011
should again happen in 2015, by the grace of
God, the dog and the baboon would all be
soaked in blood.’’ To date, President
Mohammadu Buhari has neither refuted the
Statement nor offer any explanation for it. What
could be more hateful than such a call for
pogrom or mass murder of innocent Nigerians.
The list of such hateful and inciting speeches by
the APC leaders and especially their erstwhile
Spokesman is endless. It was a period of one
lie, one day. All in the desperate bid to grab
power at all cost. Now that they have the power
they don't know what to do with it.
7. Lai Mohammed and indeed any of the APC
leaders for that matter are not in the Position to
teach any lessons on appropriate public
speeches. They should first apologize to
Nigerians for their serial lies, inciting and hate
speeches with which our people were deceived
into believing that they had something to offer.
They should then undergo the serious ritual of
self purgation without which there will be a
constant relapse into their goebbellian tactics as
we continue to witness. It is so ironic that those
who haul mud at people do not ever want sand
thrown at them. If you are not ready to take the
heat you better leave the kitchen.
8. Lai Mohammed's statement must be seen for
what it is: a desperate attempt to divert
attention from his government's woeful failures.
When this government first assumed office we
were inundated with daily sermons of how
terribly the PDP had destroyed the Economy.
Now that it appears that cliche is well worn out
they must find so called hate speeches by the
Opposition to blame for their woes.
9. Our advice to the APC Government is that it
should concentrate on doing the business of the
people and to endeavor to speak the truth
always. Lies can take you thus far but in the end
it cannot be an alternative to the truth.
God bless the PDP! God bless Nigeria!!
Signed:
Prince Dayo Adeyeye
National Publicity Secretary, PDP.
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