The Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed has defended the suspension of the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN)
The minister said that anyone who opposes the suspension is a hypocrite.
Speaking with journalists in Kwara state on Saturday, Mohammed mocked the PDP, who suspended their campaign activities in protest of the suspension.
“Which Campaign? Their campaign was over a long time ago. There is nothing to suspend. We said it that their campaign had floundered,” he said.
“And in any event, let’s ask them this question: Is there something that they know that we don’t know? Is there something between them and the suspended CJN? Otherwise, we did not see why they should suspend their campaign anyway, but I can understand that their campaign was bound to end this way.
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“For anybody who read Mr. President’s address yesterday, two things stood out. The first is that additional evidence has just been revealed that the suspended CJN refused to declare millions of dollars in his possession.
“More worrisome is the fact that when the suspended CJN was confronted with the petition that he failed to declare his assets, he added that it was a mistake, that he forgot.
“Now, I would have been a happier person if the same people who are now crying tyranny and dictatorship could really address the issue raised by the President, in his address on Friday, that addition investigations have revealed that several millions of dollars were found in the CJN’s account.
“And when the CJN was confronted with the original allegation, he admitted that he forgot to make full declaration, and that it was a mistake.”