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“He Ought Not To Be A Councillor” – Lai Mohammed Fires Back At Kwara Gov

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3 years ago

Oct 25, 2021.

David Titiloye

Lai Mohammed has fired back at Kwara state governor
Describes the governor’s behavior as reckless and immature

Ekohotblog reports that Nigeria’s minister for information and culture, Lai Mohammed has responded to Kwara state governor, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq by saying he isn’t qualified to be a councillor.

You will recall that the minister and governor have been at loggerheads in recent months which has led to the emergence of different faction in the leading party in Kwara state.

Last week, the governor had a revealing interview where he launched scathing attacks against the minister accusing him of embezzling campaign funds among other impunities.

Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed has also reacted by describing the governor’s behavior as immature and reckless.

“Am I a post office? The businessman that he said gave me the money, doesn’t he know him? Did the man say he gave me money to go and give him?” the information minister queried.

“As I said, it’s extremely infantile, reckless and desperate for a politician to start talking about who gave what for a political campaign.

“I mean, it’s the height of desperation. It’s the height of recklessness. It’s the height of immaturity and that’s exactly why I say this guy ought not to even be a councillor.

“I’m serious. I raised funds from friends and associates to execute the 2019 campaign in Kwara state. These funds were raised for governorship, national assembly elections and presidential election. It’s on record that I received no penny from him to execute his own election.

“If he contributed, he contributed to his own pocket, not to my pool. I’m saying it and I challenge him. Did he give any money to the party for any logistics during the election?

“I’m going to give you a copy of the press release by the party, that the only person relied on for logistics was Lai Mohammed. I challenge him.”

The minister, insisted that himself and some of his colleagues were responsible for the success recorded by Kwara APC in the 2019 election, adding that he has never lost an election in his ward since 2003.

“But as I said, he accused me of zero electoral value. Well, I say that my records in every election, even in opposition, I have always won my ward. And again, that interview has done him a great disservice. If there is anybody who was fraudulent, I think it is him,” the minister added.

On the claim that he does not have a house in Kwara state, the minister said: “Even when I was campaigning in 2003, I had a house in Ilorin. If in 2003, I had a house in Ilorin, how about 2019? My house in Oro was a Mecca for all of them. How many times did he come to my house in Oro when we won the by-election.”

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