The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said the Buhari administration will not be distracted by “frivolous allegations from any quarter,” especially those “cleverly choreographed to divert attention” from a widely-acclaimed presidential proclamation.
Mohammed said that the ex-president’s “allegations” were meant to shore up support for a “waning and egotistical cause.”
In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday, the minister said the administration was too busy trying to clear the mess of 16 years and build on its unprecedented achievements over the past three years to waste its energy and time on framing up anyone or dwelling on issues that are not grounded in fact.
He said while those who have skeletons in their wardrobes should be afraid, even of their own shadows, innocent persons needed not worry about any investigation, whether real or imagined.
”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 inlaw 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.”