FG: We Have Credible Evidence PDP, Atiku are Planning to Subvert Govt

The Federal Goverment has said it has credible evidence the
Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate in the last presidential
election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, are planning to subvert government
and cause mayhem in the country.

Government, however, said security agencies were alert to their
responsibilities and would not sit by and allow anyone to reverse
the gains of democracy under any guise.

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who
made this remarks on Saturday, said the alarm the government raised
a few days ago, that the PDP and its presidential candidate were
doing everything possible to sabotage the Buhari
Administration, was credible.

“As you are aware, a few days ago we raised the alarm that
either by themselves or via their proxies, the PDP and its
presidential candidate are doing everything possible to sabotage
the Buhari Administration, generally overheat the polity and make
Nigeria seemingly ungovernable. Of course you are aware of similar
alarms that have been raised by the police, the military and the
DSS.

“Our interventions are based on credible evidence, and no
government with the kind of evidence that we have, of plans to
subvert the power of the state, attack the nation’s economic live
wire and generally unleash mayhem on the polity, will keep quiet.
The security agencies are all alert to their responsibilities and
will not sit by and allow anyone to reverse the gains of our
democracy under any guise,” the minister said at the 12th Annual
Lai Mohammed Ramadan Lecture in Oro, Kwara State.

Mohammed noted that “since the government and the security
agencies raised the alarm, pseudo and partisan analysts had teamed
up with the spokesmen for the main opposition party and its
presidential candidate to either exhibit their ignorance or to
engage in red herring and name calling.”

He however said that the government woukd neither be distracted
nor be dissuaded.

The Minister called on all Nigerians to pray for ”our dear
country, to pray for peace and unity”, especially as the May 29th
inauguration of the President approaches.

In his remarks, the Governor of Kebbi State, Senator Abubakar
Atiku Bagudu, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the occasion,
spoke on the challenges of food security in the country and urged
government at all levels and the communities to support and promote
peaceful co-existence among all those involved in food
production.

“The food system itself is threatened across the length and
breadth of the country because the participants in the food chain –
the farmers; the fishermen; those in the livestock sector – all are
challenged that they cannot find enough resources be it land, fresh
water or grass in order to undertake and continue to support food
production in the way they hitherto.

“So that brings a sense of urgency for us in the leadership,
either at the local government level or state government or the
federal government and community leaders to quickly address our
minds on how we can support all the groups to cooperate with each
other and focus their mind so that production can be increased,” he
said.

Earlier, the lecturer, the Chief Imam of Olorunsigo central
mosque, Ilorin, Alhaji Mohammed Saliu Olorire, urged the Muslims to
love one another.

He said it was through such steps the faithful can have a good
hereafter.

The cleric also used the occasion to call on the incoming
administration in the state to be alive to their promises so as to
better the lots of the people.

He however lauded the minister of Information and Culture,
Alhaji Mohammed, for his doggedness at ensuring the electoral
victory of APC in the state.

Dignitaries at the occasion included the Minister of
Communication, Alhaji Adebayo Shittu; Member of the House of
Representatives from Ekiti/Ifelodun/Isin/Oke-ero federal
constituency, Hon. Olwuyi Ajuloopin; National President, National
Union of Road Transport Workers, Alhaji Najim Yasin; the Kwara
State Chairman of the APC, Alhaji Bashir Bolarinwa, and other party
stalwarts and traditional rulers.

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