Democratic Party, PDP, and Atiku Abubakar, it’s presidential candidate
in the February 23 elections, according to Kola Ologbondiyan, spokesman
of the PDP.
Mohammed had earlier leveled an allegation that bordered on treason on
the PDP and Atiku alledging that were trying to scuttle the inauguration
of President Muhammadu Buhari come May29.
Reacting to the contradiction Ologbodiyan, the PDP spokesman, said the
Minister’s doublespeak has shown him to be a man given to fabrications
in order to win popular sympathy for Buhari-led administration.
The PDP stated that for the Minister to turn around to assure that the
country was safe after raising the initial false alarm, showed that his
claims were not based on any concrete evidence other than having “no
reason to doubt” claims by other individuals.
The statement said, “Moreover, the Minister’s claims that he relied on
certain alarms fell flat as no agency in the country had ever accused
the PDP, as a political party, or our presidential candidate, Atiku
Abubakar, of ‘doing everything possible to sabotage the Buhari
Administration, generally overheat the polity and make Nigeria seemingly
ungovernable’ as claimed by Lai Mohammed.
“It is now clear that the whole essence of the misleading allegation was
to heat up the system, attempt to cow democratic voices, divert public
discourse from the rigging of the presidential election and scare the
PDP and our presidential candidate from pursuing our stolen presidential
mandate at the court.
“We also have fears that Alhaji Lai Mohammed could have made those wild
claims in a bid to pave the way to frame, harass, arrest and detain some
opposition figures on trump-up charges.
“Such antics have failed as Nigerians have seen through them and are
resolute, behind Atiku Abubakar, in the determination to retrieve his
mandate in the court, and no form of blackmail and intimidation will
detract from that resolve.
“By his fabricated claims, the Information Minister only succeeded in
further demarketing our dear nation in the international arena, causing
more damage to investors’ confidence in our system and exposing this
administration as purveyor of fake news.
“The PDP therefore invites Alhaji Lai Mohammed to apologise to the
nation and desist from such acts of incitement”.