The Minister of information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has been accused by the Lagos state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party of being behind the arrest of its National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh.
The party in a statement by its publicity Secretary, Gani Taofik said that Metuh’s arrest is only being made convenient by the issue of money allegedly involved.
Taofik said that the Minister of Information who still sits as the National Publicity Secretary of the ruling party had vowed to clamp down on the PDP publicity office superintended by the now arrested Olisa Metuh.
“This trend is dangerous and is the last resort to APC attempts to compromise some of us. We have also been receiving funny calls from unknown numbers of threats to our persons if we continue to expose the APC governors.
“Unless Olisa Metuh is approached within the rule of law and immediately granted administrative bail pending any charge, we shall begin to seek asylum in safe countries. This is no doubt a totalitarian government and the world should be informed,” Taofik said.
According to the PDP, “Lai Mohammed also got monumental sums from Lagos state to promote the APC campaigns,” accusing the APC of ‘pot calling kettle black’ as the APC “diverted billions of dollars meant for the completion of the now moribund light rail project; ferry jetties; Eko Atlantic project; 20 million Dollars UNESCO grant; and also plunged the state into huge foreign debt of over 3.6 billion dollars in order to capture the presidency.”
The PDP however urged Alhaji Lai Mohammed to allow intellectual engagements rather than military-like engagements.