Buhari, Not Saraki Made Me Minister – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed,
says he owes his appointment as minister to President Muhammadu
Buhari and no one else.

In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, the minister said it
was “laughable’’ that anyone would seek to take credit for his
appointment.

Mohammed was reacting to a statement by Dr. Doyin Okupe the
Special Adviser (Media) to the Director-General of the PDP
Presidential Campaign Council, in which he gave credit to the
Senate President, Bukola Saraki for the minister’s appointment.

The minister said that the entire statement by Okupe, “is
nothing but fiction writing, for which he deserves a hall of infamy
award (in the fiction writing segment).

“Not one of the claims he made in his statement is true.’’

Mohammed challenged Okupe to make available to Nigerians any
evidence he might have to support his assertion that the President
sought the permission of Saraki to appoint him as minister.

“We understand that Dr. Okupe’s cheap attempt at mud-throwing is
nothing but a proxy fight, rooted deeply in the politics of Kwara
State.

“We are aware that Okupe’s boss is feeling the heat emanating
from the `O To Ge’ (enough is enough) movement in Kwara.

“And that even the strongest of men will become disoriented and
disillusioned at losing the support of a people who once venerated
them to high heavens.

“But that is a self-inflicted wound for which Okupe’s boss, an
acclaimed slave master, has no one but himself to blame,’’ Mohammed
said.

The minister said he was very proud to lead the ‘O To Ge’
movement that is set to finally bring down the Berlin Wall of
political hegemony in Kwara State and send Okupe’s boss into
political oblivion.

He said the movement will also free Okupe himself from merely
being his master’s voice, so he can fully devote his time to his
new-found pastime – fiction writing.

NAN