Former Federal Commissioner of Information, Chief Edwin Clark, has called on the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) to immediately commence the prosecution of the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who he accused of deliberately disseminating falsehood against the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, at home and abroad.
The elder statesman said in a statement on Monday that the minister has led the arm of the present administration, which rather than unite the country “as his job implies,” make declarations that can cause disaffections.
He also lamented that Mohammed has behaved in manners that are less noble for the office he occupies, citing his alleged use of the Nigerian Broadcasting Commission (NBC), an agent of his ministry, as “constant weapon of intimidation and harassment of the press.”
He noted: “Lai Mohammed, as his duty as Minister of Information entails, who ought to treat the media as the fourth estate of the realm, as it is done all over the world, in civilised places, has rather decided to wear the ‘oga’ toga.”
Tribune newspaper reports that The foremost Ijaw leader condemned Mohammed’s accusation against Obi on the idea of interim government while deliberately leaving out Nigerians who have spoken on it even though the LP presidential candidate was not known to have shared a thought on the matter.
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