We will punish those peddling Buhari’s death – Minister

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed

The Federal Government says the full wrath of the law will be brought to bear on the authors of subversive messages being circulated on the health of President Muhammadu Buhari.

The government said this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed.

“The source/sources of the fabricated messages are already being investigated and the authors should prepare to face the consequences of their actions,’’ the minister said.

According to Mohammed, the President is hale and hearty and there is no iota of truth in the subversive messages being circulated on his health.

He noted that there was no truth in the messages on the President’s health and the purported emergency meetings of state governors in Abuja or anywhere.

The minister urged Nigerians to disregard the messages being circulated via text messages and the social media, saying the messages were orchestrated by those who felt threatened by the emerging order.

Mohammed noted that the naysayers had also resorted to the use of ethnicity and religion as tools to divide Nigerians, overheat the polity, and cause panic among the citizenry.

“While opposition and criticism are all part of democracy, the crafting and circulation of subversive materials and scare-mongering are not.

“The emerging trend of resorting to destabilisation and scare-mongering is not unexpected,

Osinbajo, Odigie-Oyegun, others arrive Edo for Oba ’ s coronation

 

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, has arrived Benin, the Edo State capital, for the grand coronation ceremony of the new Oba of Benin Kingdom.

The crown prince of Benin Kingdom, His Royal Highness, Eheneden Erediauwa, would formally receive his staff of office from Governor Adams Oshiomhole as the 39th Oba.

Prof. Osinbajo arrived at the Benin airport at about 10:46am, under tight security.

He was accompanied by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, and other members of the presidential entourage.

The Vice President was received by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun; governor Oshiomhole, the governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki; the Minister of State for Health, Osagie Ehanire; and the senator representing Edo North, Francis Alimikhena.

Other dignitaries who have arrived for the ceremony are  the Governor of Gombe, Dr. Ibrahim Dankwambo; his Imo State counterpart, represented by the Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere; the Edo State Deputy Governor, Dr. Pius Odubu, and the Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote.

Although the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, and the Emir of Kano, Lamido Sanusi, and the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, were not sighted at the airport, it was learnt that they had arrived earlier with their entourage.

It was also gathered that the crown prince had yet to leave the Usama palace for Urho-Okpota as of the time of filing the report.

Lai Mohammed Slams PDP 'You are Armed robber sympathising with the victim,"

The minister said Nigeria would not have been in its present depleted state if the Jonathan administration did not mismanage the country's resources.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has referred to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the armed robber who is "now the one sympathising with the victim."

Reacting to the party's call for the resignation of President Muhammadu Buhari over the current economic recession in the country, the minister said Nigeria would not have been in its present depleted state if the immediate past administration did what ought to have been done.

He stated this in Abuja on Friday , September 2,  at a forum with the News Agency of Nigeria.

Mohammed said: “While we are not going to indulge in blame game, I think we should also be honest enough to admit that we will not have been where we are today if they had done what they ought to do.

“For the party to ask the President to resign is just a big joke.

“Agreed that Nigeria is not the only country hit by the recession and crash in price of crude, but other countries made savings.

“Saudi Arabia today has about $600 billion in reserve and this is by planning and saving for the future, which the past administration failed to do during surplus.

“This is not about blaming other administration, but we believe that one should be honest when criticising.”

The minister, however, assured Nigerians that the Federal Government will do everything possible to bring the country out of the economic situation.

After reading this, coupled with the economy situation of the country, one will have no doubt to conclude that the APC-led government in Nigeria is incompetent