The Federal Government says it has \u2018credible evidence\u201d to back up its outcry that the opposition is planning to \u201csabotage President Muhammadu Buhari\u2019s Administration, generally overheat the polity and make the country ungovernable\u201d.
\nThe Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed said this on Saturday at the 2019 edition of his Annual Ramadan Lecture held at his home town Oro, Kwara.
\nThe News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 12th annual Ramadan lecture was attended by Gov. \u00a0 Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, political stalwarts, traditional rulers, clergy men, Muslim and Christian faithfuls.
\n\u201cAs you are aware, a few days ago we raised the alarm that either by themselves or via their proxies, the PDP and it\u2019s presidential candidate are doing everything possible to sabotage the\u00a0Buhari Administration.
\n\u201cOur interventions are based on credible evidence, and no government with the kind of evidence that we have, of plans to subvert the power of the state, attack the nation\u2019s economic live wire and generally unleash mayhem on the polity, will keep quiet.
\n\u201cThe security agencies are all alert to their responsibilities and will not sit by and allow anyone to reverse the gains of our democracy under any guise,\u201d he said.
\nThe minister noted that similar alarms had been raised by the police, the military and the DSS.
\nHe said the government will neither be distracted nor dissuaded by pseudo and partisan analysts that had teamed up with the opposition to \u201ceither exhibit their ignorance or to engage in red herring and name calling\u201d.
\nThe minister called on Nigerians to use the occasion of the Ramadan to pray for the peace unity and stability in the country..
\n\u201cI make this request against the background of those who are daily plotting to exploit our national fault lines of religion and ethnicity.
\n\u201cThose who masquerade as democrats but can\u2019t take electoral defeat, those who will not hesitate to collude with anti-democratic forces and deadenders to fan the embers of violence in the country
\n\u201cThose who have elevated their personal ambition over and above our survival as a nation,\u201d he said.
\nThe minister thanked all Nigerians for their support and prayers for the Administration, and urged them not to relent, especially in the run up to the May 29 nauguration of the President.
\nHe specially thanked Bagudu, Shittu and members of their entourage as well as other dignitaries for taking time out of their busy schedule to attend the lecture.
\nNAN reports that the Ramadan lecture was delivered by the Chief Imam of Olorunsogo Central Mosque, Ilorin, Imam Soliu Orire.
\nThere were also recitations of Qoran verses by Imams while special prayers were offered for the minister, his family, Oro town, Kwara state the nation and the leaders in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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