The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Saturday, said the Federal Government had cogent proof that the opposition was planning to “sabotage the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, generally overheat the polity and make the country ungovernable.”
The Minister, speaking at the 2019 edition of his Annual Ramadan Lecture held at his home town, Oro, Kwara State, noted that no government with the kind of evidence at the disposal of the federal government of what the opposition was planning, would keep quiet.
“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.
“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,” he said.
Mohammed noted that some of the security arms of the government – the police, the military and the DSS had raised similar alarm as the federal government.
He stressed that the government would neither be distracted nor dissuaded by people who had teamed up with the opposition to “either exhibit their ignorance or to engage in red herring and name calling.”
Mohammed urged Nigerians to use the occasion of the Ramadan to pray for peace, unity and stability in the country.
He said; “I make this request against the background of those who are daily plotting to exploit our national fault lines of religion and ethnicity.
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“Those who masquerade as democrats but can’t take electoral defeat, those who will not hesitate to collude with anti-democratic forces and deadenders to fan the embers of violence in the country.
“Those who have elevated their personal ambition over and above our survival as a nation.”
The minister thanked all Nigerians for their support and prayers for the Administration, and urged them not to relent, especially in the run up to the May 29 inauguration of the President.
In attendance at the 12th edition of the annual Ramadan lecture were Gov. Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, political chieftains, traditional rulers, clergy men, Muslim and Christian faithful.
The Ramadan lecture was delivered by the Chief Imam of Olorunsogo Central Mosque, Ilorin, Imam Soliu Orire.
