Saraki Doctored His Radio Interview On N10m Donation – Minister

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Temidayo Akinsuyi

The Minister of Information and
Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said available evidence shows that the
live radio interview of Senate President Bukola Saraki on Christmas Day
was doctored before it was re-broadcast to remove any reference to the
claimed donation of 10 million Naira to victims of the armed robbery in
Offa, Kwara State.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday,
the Minister said he is presenting to the public both the unedited
version of the live radio interview as well as the doctored,
re-broadcast version so the people can see the extent to which some
‘leaders’ can go to deceive the people and peddle lies just to shore up
their dwindling fortunes.

”In the unedited live version, Dr.
Saraki, speaking in Yoruba, said categorically that he donated 10
million Naira when he visited Offa to commiserate with the victims of
the armed robbery, when (he said) in actual fact about 7 million Naira
was stolen from the vaults of the banks that were robbed during the
attack.

”However, the version for re-broadcast did not contain
any reference to the Offa robbery. Whereas they claimed to have
re-broadcast the interview due to popular demand, the truth is that they
decided to re-air it without the claim of 10 million Naira donation due
to the widespread derision that greeted that phantom claim. These
people have a chronic disdain for the truth,” he said.

Alhaji Mohammed challenged the Senate President to answer three critical questions or learn to keep his peace:


The first one is did he not say, during the live interview, that that
the money in the vault was N7 million and that he dropped 10 million
Naira when he went to Offa on a condolence visit?

– The second question is did he really drop any money on that occasion?

– And the third, did he or did he not doctor the original broadcast?

He
said while he would not want to exchange words with Dr. Saraki on who
is truly on ground in Kwara, it is important to let him know that six
weeks from now, the people of Kwara will answer that question.

”On
Nov. 17 2018, the people of Kwara gave a hint of their determination to
sack the rapacious leaders who have dominated their lives when they
voted for the APC in the by election for the Ekiti/Isin/Irepodun/Oke-Ero
federal constituency. That crushing defeat so devastated the political
warlords, who hitherto claimed invincibility, that they started doing
what they have never done before: going from ward to ward to campaign!

”Unfortunately,
the game is up for them, as they will soon learn, because the people
have resolved that ‘O to ge’ (enough is enough). In the meantime, they
are free to continue to revel in self-deceit,” the Minister said.

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