The recent statement by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in Washington DC accusing the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr. Peter Obi of treason is nothing, but a Quixotic display of a narrow minded and forgetful person.
This is the position of Chief Goddy Uwazurike, a legal practitioner and past President of Aka Ikenga, who also knocked media All Progressives Congress (APC) media team members, Bayo Onanuga, Dele Alake, Femi Fani Kayode and Festus Keyamo, for “destroying the freedom of the media and inter-ethnic harmony,” by their actions and utterances.
In a statement, Sir Uwazurike, who is President of the Credibility Group, said of Lai Mohammed’s comments concerning Mr. Obi: “Indeed, only a person suffering from myopia will descend to the level of equating going to court to challenge election results with treason.
“Myopia because the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari challenged the outcome of the 2003, 2007 and 2011 elections in the election tribunals the same way Peter Obi and Atiku are doing now. Nobody accused Buhari of treason. Nobody threatened to arrest him and his followers, including you.”
Uwazurike, a member of the National Conference convened by President Goodluck Jonathan, further counseled that “Alhaji Lai Mohammed should retrace his steps and apologize to the nation for demarketing Nigeria.”
The lawyer also noted that Onanuga, Alake, Fani Kayode and Keyamo, “have gone overboard” in their attempts to gag the media and destroy inter-ethnic harmony.
“Bayo Onanuga coughs and the NBC swings into action. The other day, Arise TV and now Channels TV all at the whims and caprices of the gang of four. Today, all non-Yoruba and Hausa people are seen as Igbo in Lagos and must be disenfranchised.
“The security arrangements are not for the Igbo in Lagos. Any statement in protest must be met with a sledgehammer.
“Enough of the derailing of the harmony of the society and the freedom of the press. For record purposes, Bayo Onanuga, Dele Alake and Femi Fani Kayode are non-indigenous residents while Festus Keyamo and I are regarded by Bayo Onanuga and company as Igbo people.
“Let common sense come back to Nigeria. Bayo Onanuga and co rejoiced over Kemi of UK and Kemi of the Republic of Island for winning elections in Europe and have declared hostility towards non indigenous people in Nigeria.
“The security agencies have seen no evil and heard no evil.”
