IPOB: Call ‘Irresponsible’ Lai Mohammed To Order, Wike Urges Nigerians

Governor Nyesom Wike has said Information Minister, Lai Mohammed’s “irresponsible utterances” can instigate conflict and division in the country.

The Rivers State governor was reacting to Mohammed’s allegations that the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was being sponsored by “looters” in the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Governor Wike, at the 13th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference 2017 in Port Harcourt on Thursday, appealed to Nigerians to caution the minister to forthwith stop uttering unguarded statements.

The governor said Mohammed, by his allegation against the PDP, has indicated that it was the then opposition (APC) that sponsored Boko Haram terrorists against the Goodluck Jonathan administration.

“Nigerians of goodwill must call the Minister of Information to stop stoking the ambers of disharmony and divisions in the polity with his irresponsible utterances and wild allegations against members of opposition political parties,” Wike appealed.

According to the governor, citizens “are only pretending, we think that all is well with our country. The country is in crisis as poor governance, nepotism, marginalization and state-sponsored repression continue to do violence to nation unity and cohesion.

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“At times like this, the country needs forthright leadership and consensus building to steer the ship of state from the wrong direction it is headed to safer grounds,” he said.

Speaking on the agitation for the country’s restructuring, the governor said well-meaning citizens have shown determination by clamouring for true federalism like never seen before.

“For some of us, therefore, there is nothing nobler than being counted on this path and as long as God gives us breathe, we shall remain in the trenches fighting for our democratic rights and freedoms until victory is ultimately achieved.

“But, we also believe that this is a fight that should and must be led by the media for full effect and agenda setting. This calls for greater vigilance and courage in giving effective voice to the contending issues and taking personal responsibility for factuality. It can’t be otherwise, said Wike.

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