Saraki Doctored His Radio Interview On N10m Donation — Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
has said available evidence shows that the live radio interview of
Senate President Bukola Saraki on Christmas Day was doctored before
it was re-broadcast to remove any reference to the claimed donation
of 10 million Naira to victims of the armed robbery in Offa, Kwara
State.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister said
he is presenting to the public both the unedited version of the
live radio interview as well as the doctored, re-broadcast version
so the people can see the extent to which some ‘leaders’ can go to
deceive the people and peddle lies just to shore up their dwindling
fortunes.

”In the unedited live version, Dr. Saraki, speaking in Yoruba,
said categorically that he donated 10 million Naira when he visited
Offa to commiserate with the victims of the armed robbery, when (he
said) in actual fact about 7 million Naira was stolen from the
vaults of the banks that were robbed during the attack.

”However, the version for re-broadcast did not contain any
reference to the Offa robbery. Whereas they claimed to have
re-broadcast the interview due to popular demand, the truth is that
they decided to re-air it without the claim of 10 million Naira
donation due to the widespread derision that greeted that phantom
claim. These people have a chronic disdain for the truth,” he
said.

Alhaji Mohammed challenged the Senate President to answer three
critical questions or learn to keep his peace:

– The first one is did he not say, during the live interview,
that that the money in the vault was N7 million and that he dropped
10 million Naira when he went to Offa on a condolence visit?

– The second question is did he really drop any money on that
occasion?

– And the third, did he or did he not doctor the original
broadcast?

He said while he would not want to exchange words with Dr.
Saraki on who is truly on ground in Kwara, it is important to let
him know that six weeks from now, the people of Kwara will answer
that question.

”On Nov. 17 2018, the people of Kwara gave a hint of their
determination to sack the rapacious leaders who have dominated
their lives when they voted for the APC in the by election for the
Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero federal constituency. That crushing
defeat so devastated the political warlords, who hitherto claimed
invincibility, that they started doing what they have never done
before: going from ward to ward to campaign!

”Unfortunately, the game is up for them, as they will soon
learn, because the people have resolved that ‘O to ge’ (enough is
enough). In the meantime, they are free to continue to revel in
self-deceit,” the Minister said