N1.34trn Loot: ‘Reveal the culprits or shut up’

Outspoken Governor of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, has again tackled the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari on the ongoing war against corruption, challenging the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to reveal the identities of those he claimed stole a total of N1.34 trillion between 2006 and 2013 or shut up.

The governor, in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti by his Special Assistant on New Media and Public Communication, Lere Olayina, said the reality is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) Federal Government has destroyed the economy within eight months in power and rather than look for solutions to the problems facing Nigeria, Lai Mohammed and his cohorts are branding bogus figures about stolen money just to cover up their lack of solution to the country’s economic problems.

According to the governor, it was disgraceful to bring the National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olisa Metuh to court in handcuff, insisting that “Even the masterminds of Mandala and Nyanya bomb blasts, Kabiru Sokoto and Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche were not handcuffed when they were arraigned in court.”

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Knocking the anti-corruption war of the Buhari administration, Fayose said: “They are turning governance to Nollywood, such that when one movie is about to end, they release another one. As it appears that the $2.1 billion arms deal movie is getting to an end, Lai Mohammed introduced another movie titled; N1.34 trillion loot.

“Unfortunately for them this time around, Nigerians have become tired of watching the Federal Government movies, they now want reality. Nigerians are now aware of the scam in the $2.1 billion arms deal movie having seen that the amount those already charged to court were charged with is not more than N10 billion and $2.1 billion is over N600 billion.

“Therefore, Lai Mohammed must either tell Nigerians details of the 15 former governors and 55 people that he claimed stole N1.34 trillion, where the stolen money is kept and bring back the money or apologise to Nigerians for lying.”

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