A group of youths in Kwara South Senatorial District have weighed in on the faceoff between Senate President Bukola Saraki and the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, with claims that Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has a hand in the said machination.
Mohammad, who hails from the area, according to the youth leader, Mr. Tomiwa Kolawole, at a press conference in Ilorin, was behind the alleged plot to frame up Saraki saying the recently held congress of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the minister’s Ward, exacerbated the relation between both leaders.
However, denying the claims, the minister in a reaction articulated by his special assistant, Segun Adeyemi, said: “The Minister vehemently rejects this accusation. He has nothing to do with the arrest of the youths in Kwara South, and believes – contrary to the allegation by the stakeholders – that the arrest has nothing to do with the Ward Congress in his hometown of Oro. After all, suspected cultists were also recently arrested and paraded by the police in Ilorin.
“The Minister wishes to state that the police, in the exercise of its constitutional responsibility, does not need to be goaded by anyone to carry out arrests where necessary.
“Concerning the outcome of the election in his Oro Ward 2, the Minister has made his observations on the conduct of the election known to the appropriate party authorities, in line with his strong belief in the rule of law.
“Suffice it to say, however, that the only credible Ward election was the one held by the genuine party members in Oro Ward 2. That explains why, after the election, there was a rally around Oro Town that eventually terminated in the country home of the Minister. He does not believe there is any linkage between the election and the arrests.’’
