{"id":59644,"date":"2017-09-19T23:52:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T22:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59644"},"modified":"2017-09-19T23:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T22:52:04","slug":"name-treasury-looters-sponsoring-ipob-fayose-challenges-lai-mohammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/name-treasury-looters-sponsoring-ipob-fayose-challenges-lai-mohammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Name &#8220;treasury looters&#8221; that are sponsoring IPOB, Fayose challenges Lai Mohammed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged the Minister of<br \/>\nInformation and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to name those \u201ctreasury<br \/>\nlooters\u201d that he claimed were sponsoring the Indigenous People of Biafra<br \/>\n(IPOB), saying \u201cit is high time Nigerians begin to hold the Information<br \/>\nMinister accountable for his frivolous claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Governor Fayose, who said the Information Minister was fast assuming the<br \/>\nposition of the &#8220;Liar-General&#8221; of the federation, having lied to gain power<br \/>\nand still lying to sustain it, pointed out that;\u2019 \u201cmore than 20 months<br \/>\nafter he claimed that 55 Nigerians stole over N1.34 trillion from the<br \/>\ncountry\u2019s treasury from 2006 to 2013, Lai Mohammed is yet to tell Nigerians<br \/>\nwho the 55 people are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_735047213\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Tuesday<\/span><\/span>, by the Governor&#8217;s Special Assistant on<br \/>\nPublic Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, he described Lai<br \/>\nMohammed as \u201can embodiment of contradictions, who speaks from several sides<br \/>\nof his mouth, turning himself to a vegetable while struggling to defend a<br \/>\ngovernment that has done more evil than good to Nigeria and its people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor called on Nigerians to prevail on the Information Minister to<br \/>\nname the treasury looters sponsoring IPOB and provide proof of the<br \/>\nsponsorship as well as the 55 people that he said stole over N1.34.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Fayose said; \u201cIn the history of his lying career, if he (Lai<br \/>\nMohammed) is able to read through his past comments and juxtapose them with<br \/>\nhis present comments, he will realize the contradiction that he has become.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn June 10, 2013, Lai Mohammed spoke against the proscription of Boko<br \/>\nHaram, saying that it stifled the press and tampered with the fundamental<br \/>\nhuman rights of Nigerians. He also spoke in support of true federalism and<br \/>\nrestructuring of Nigeria. But today, in defense of President Muhammadu<br \/>\nBuhari\u2019s government, everything Lai Mohammed supported then, he is now<br \/>\nagainst and what he was against then, he now supports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is shameful that Lai Mohammed now runs speedily to defend the lion king<br \/>\nand his autocratic government, so that he won\u2019t be devoured and in the<br \/>\nprocess of trying to avoid being sacked, he is manufacturing lies like pure<br \/>\nwater.<\/p>\n<p>Calling on the international community, especially the United Nations and<br \/>\nthe International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate the heinous crime<br \/>\nbeing committed by the military against Nigerians in the Southeast,<br \/>\nGovernor Fayose said there was no law in Nigeria empowering the military to<br \/>\ndeclare any organization as terrorist and kill unarmed people.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose has challenged the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, to name those \u201ctreasury looters\u201d that he claimed were sponsoring the Indigenous People&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Name &quot;treasury looters&quot; 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