The Federal
Government has given it reaction to the allegation of former President Olusegun
Obasanjo that the government of President Muhammadu Buhari wants to
hang a
crime on him and detain him.
A statement
issued on Friday by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, described
Obasanjo’s allegation as a “concoction of a mind worried by guilt”. According
to the Minister, it was not in the nature of the President to frame up or run
after innocent citizens.
The
statement reads: “This administration will never engage in a frame-up of
innocent citizens.
“That is
neither in the character of President Muhammadu Buhari nor in that of his
administration. Only the guilty should be worried. To paraphrase an African
proverb, a man who has no wife cannot lose an in-law to the cold hands of
death.
“The
administration is also strongly committed to the tenets of democracy, including
freedom of speech and the right to dissent. But we understand that those who,
in their time, were untethered to those principles would find it hard to
believe.
“Apparently,
the impact of this proclamation was too much to bear by those who, through acts
of omission or commission, helped to deepen the wounds inflicted by the blow of
injustice that followed an election that was widely acclaimed to be free, fair
and credible, hence they felt the need for a red herring that will distract the
nation.
“Added to
that is the frustration brought about by the fact that the contraption they
have so much hyped as a freeway to power has failed to gain traction. Faced
with this double tragedy, even the strongest of men may begin to succumb to a
figment of their imagination. They may start crying wolf where there is none.”
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