This is an
article written by Reno Omokri. Please read on. Last week, Lai Mohammed,
the infamous minister of information (if you can call what he does
information) denied being a liar and rhetorically asked newsmen
interviewing him to “give me one thing that I have said which is not
true."
When I read
that, I thought that perhaps he had repented from his demonic past time
of lying. But it appears I spoke too soon and I was too hopeful!
I say this because just days after justifying himself and in response to the US congress citing Nigeria as "as the most dangerous place for Christians in the world", Lai Mohammed had the following to say:
"Such
fallacies like the Islamization of Nigeria, the killing of Christians by
Muslims, the labelling of Nigeria as the most dangerous place for
Christians in the world".
I do not
know about the Islamization of Nigeria and I doubt that President
Muhammadu Buhari has such intentions, but to say that "the killing of
Christians by Muslims" is a 'fallacy' is a special kind of lie that
could only have proceeded from the lips of a man whose own parents saw
the perfidious destiny ahead of him and chose to name their child Lai
accordingly!
I know for a
fact that thousands of Christians have been killed by Muslims since
President Muhammadu Buhari came to power including hundreds in Southern
Kaduna (possibly thousands), even more hundreds in Agatu in Benue
(although the Agatu Community Elders said over 6,000 of their people
have been killed) hundreds in Bali and Donga Local Government Areas of
Taraba, over a hundred killed in Enugu, hundreds in Delta, and multiple
other deaths of Christians at the hands of radical extremists Fulani
herdsmen Muslims.
This is
besides the thousands of Christians killed by Boko Haram and Evangelist
Bridget Agbahime beheaded in Kano (and whose suspected killers were
discharged and acquitted on the instructions of the Kano state attorney
general) and Pastor Eunice Elisha killed in Kubwa after morning
ministration (whose killers were not surprisingly never charged).
Lai
Mohammed has a very distinguished career in lying. I imagine that if he
could find his way there, Lucifer will gladly give him a honorary PhD
from the university of the Pit of Hell!
Elsewhere I
have detailed his lies but in this piece I want to inform my readers of
a troubling pattern I am noticing which is that lying seems to be the
default pattern of communication for not just Lai, but the ruling All
Progressive Congress and its members and sympathizers and I will prove
it.
Two years
ago, Reverend Father Ejike Mbaka, a known APC surrogate LIED that former
President Jonathan wanted to kill him. Today, hunger is killing
Nigerians and Mbaka's lying mouth is silent!
Again In
2013 Pastor Tunde Bakare, another known APC surrogate, accused Dr.
Goodluck Jonathan of BELITTLING his office by kneeling down for Pastor
Adeboye to pray for him. I also wonder if he thought king David
belittled himself by kneeling down for Samuel to pray for and anoint
him. Anyhow, today the same Pastor Tunde Bakare is quiet as President
Muhammadu Buhari has belittled the Naira to the extent that $1 now
exchanges for ₦500.
Two years
ago Reverend Father Mbaka preached a sermon against then President
Goodluck Jonathan titled 'From Goodluck to Badluck'. As things unfold
today, I hope he is proud of himself! In 2012, Tunde Bakare preached a
sermon and said "Up, up Jesus; down, down Jonathan". I hope he is proud
of himself today!
Let me tell
them that the Goodluck Jonathan they preached against is now the toast
of the world. He is more relaxed and at peace with himself. He is
celebrated by world leaders and world institutions. I remind both of
them that he whom God has blessed, no Mbaka or Bakare can curse-Numbers
23:8.
And then
just this week, the notoriously lousy minister of Transport, Rotimi
Amaechi told Nigerians to wait until 2019 before judging the APC.
Said Amaechi, “we did not promise you that those challenges will be solved in one year
or you would have given us a one-year mandate. But you gave us four
years mandate, so wait till the end of four years before you can
conclude that we have not done well.”
Amaechi
must think all Nigerians suffer from Attention Deficit Disorder like
him. We have not forgotten that a member of the board of trustees of the
All Progressive Congress, a honorable man, a honest man and a
trustworthy man in the person of former information minister (it is sad
that he has to share that title with someone like Lai Mohammed) chief
Tony Mommoh said and I quote “Stone us if within two years the current government fails to reverse the situation".
So, no
Amaechi. We are not going to wait for 2019. The APC has been two years
in the saddle and not only has the APC failed, it has made things worse!
To put things in perspective, Nigerians cannot name even one promise that the APC led federal government has kept. Not even one.
You may say to me that, at this stage former President Jonathan had not kept his promise and I will respond that you are wrong.
By his first 100 days in office then President Jonathan had achieved a lot including the following which is not even exhaustive:
Nigeria’s oil industry expanded by 20% and we reclaimed our position as Africa’s
largest oil exporter which we had hitherto
ost to Angola.
Recognized by OPEC in July as the
2nd largest oil exporter 2nd only to Saudi
Arabia. It was the first time Nigeria has
recorded such a feat.
Inflation reduced to almost single digit (by the first anniversary it was single digit) as the administration enforced tighter fiscal
policies e.g. the cashless policy.
In June of 2011 the Consumer Price Index
showed an inflation rate of 10.2% which
dropped to 9.4% in July being the lowest
rate in the preceding 4 years.
Foreign Reserves rose by 10% to $35
billion.
Nigeria’s GDP growth rate month over month continued to grow from 6.7%
in May to 6.9% in July of 2011.
Nigeria declared top three investment
destinations in Africa (number 2) by the
independent Africa Business Panel in
the Netherlands.
Nigeria generated power at her highest level ever (4000mw) which was still
far from enough but which will improve
monthly (under Buhari it has reduced to below 3,000MWs)
Nigerian Railway Corporation
commenced Mass Transit Services in 5 of
6 geo-political zones. Last zone came
on stream by year end 2011.
With the establishment of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority
then President Jonathan facilitated direct investments into infrastructure with priority areas being Power and Roads.
The Federal Government also
awarded contracts for various road
projects across the country whose impact
will we're felt nationwide.
Launched NigeriaSat-2 and
NigeriaSat-X Satellites to expand
Internet Bandwidth and provide early
warning to prevent natural disasters.
Then
President Jonathan introduced the policy of engaging the Private Sector
on kerosine pricing and price reduced between May and September, 2011.
In Recognition of the sacrifices of youth
corps members, then President Jonathan approved upward review of allowances from 9,700 to 19,800 Naira.
Implementation of Minimum Wage
Increase for Nigerian Workers to 18,900
Naira monthly.
35% Slot For Women in the cabinet.
Deepened Security and expanding
Peace in the Niger Delta.
Reduced kidnapping in South East
with implementation of then President Jonathan's order establishing the 14 Brigade of the army in Ohafia, Abia state.
Maritime Safety was ensured
and stabilized in the last 100 days.
A stellar cabinet comprising former
MDs of the World Bank & Goldman
Sachs, Chairperson Accenture and
multiple PHds.
The National Automobile Council
established an Automotive Development
Fund to resuscitate the automobile
industry and generate jobs.
Approval for genuine foreign
investors to obtain visas at the point of entry to facilitate FDI investments.
Model Skills Training Centers in
Abuja- collaboration between Industrial
Training Fund & the Institute for Technical Education, Singapore.
24. Establishment of the Nigerian Vehiclee Credit Purchase scheme.
All these and more were achieved by Jonathan within his first 100 days. In two years President Buhari has not achieved half of these.
By his
first year Jonathan had built 9 new federal universities in Katsina,
Gombe, Nasarawa, Kogi, Taraba, Jigawa, Ekiti, Ebonyi and Bayelsa.
Before the
end of his tenure he had built 3 additional federal universities
(bringing the total built to 12) and 165 almajiri schools.
By his first year Jonathan had, according to the UN, increased Nigeria's life expectancy from 47 years to 51.
He had,
according to the US based International Food Policy Research Institute,
reduced hunger in Nigeria from 16.3 points to 15 points. Today hunger
levels have risen in President Buhari's Nigeria.
When Fulani
herdsmen struck in Plateau state, President Jonathan did not waste
time. In July of 2012, he sent soldiers to go and raid them and rout
them from their hideouts in the bush. On the day the soldiers were going
to the bush on July 15, 2012, this is what Nasir Elrufai, the current
governor of Kaduna state said in a tweet. Mind you, I am quoting word
for word.
"We will
write this for all to read. Anyone, soldier or not that kills the Fulani
takes a loan repayable one day no matter how long it takes."
Today,
Fulani herdsmen are having a field day killing Nigerians in almost every
state of the country. What has this government done? Have they sent
soldiers after them? Have they arrested them? In Enugu pregnant women
were hacked to death, a seminarian was killed. Married women were raped
and killed. In Southern Kaduna hundreds have been killed. Whole
communities ravaged. In Agatu, hundreds have been killed, in Delta so
many lives lost to Fulani herdsmen, yet during Christmas as herdsmen
were killing our brothers and sisters in Southern Kaduna the government
mounted up to 100 road blocks with soldiers and policemen all over the
Southeast and called it operation python dance. Where they were needed,
they were not there! Where they were not needed, they were 'dancing'!
This
government claims to be fighting corruption. You and I know that the
Secretary to the Government of the Federation was caught when his own
company was awarded an over inflated contract to cut grass in the
Northeast and then money was paid into his company account that he
controlled as the signatory.
The same
President that stormed the homes of Supreme Court justices in the wee
hours of the morning. The same President that allowed DSS agents to
storm apostle Suleiman's hotel room in Ado Ekiti, turned to a letter
writer and wrote
to the Senate in a very clumsy effort to absolve the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation using lies that he was not invited to
defend himself. Meanwhile the Senate invited him and a director in the
SGF's office acknowledged receipt of the invitation.
Meanwhile
in 2012 when the then minister of power, Professor Barth Nnaji was
accused of conflict of interest, President Jonathan fired him
immediately. He did not write letters. He did not defend him. He fired
him. In 2014 when the then aviation minister was accused of involvement
in buying over inflated cars President Jonathan sacked her.
So my question to Nigerians is this. Who is fighting corruption between Buhari and Jonathan?
Adolf Hitler said "If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed."
The APC is
using a propaganda technique known as the Big Lie that was propounded by
Adolf Hitler in his 1925 book mein kampf. According to Hitler you tell a
lie so "colossal" that no one would believe that someone "could have
the impudence to distort the truth so infamously."
Let me ask
you, the APC federal government said that the previous National Security
Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki embezzled $2.1 billion in an arms scam deal.
Now go
through the charges they are preferring against him of in court and
calculate the amount in those charges. It is not up to 10% of the amount
they claimed was stolen.
The man
himself said he never stole and is waiting to defend himself in court.
All of a sudden the APC federal government said they want a secret
trial.
The sane
people that accused him publicly, the same APC that has been leaking
stories to the press suddenly do not want the press to be involved in
Dasuki's trial.
They claim
it is in the interest of national security. But what national security
interests are they protecting? After all, they said the man did not buy
weapons. They said he stole the money. So, what possible national
security interests could they be protecting if he did not really buy
weapons?
They are
not protecting any national security interests. They are protecting
party interests because they know that if the case is allowed to be
tried in the public it will become clear that Dasuki is innocent and the
charges against him are spurious and a part of the 'Big Lie' told a la Adolf Hitler.
Let the Federal Government try Dasuki publicly. I repeat, let them try Dasuki publicly if they have nothing to hide.
You see,
they do have a lot to hide because the APC is the biggest scam of the
21st Century! They scammed you with a lie so big you could not believe
they were lying and now that you know they are lying they want to
disenfranchise you by using the phenomenon of 'inconclusive elections'
which is the only major thing they have achieved since coming into
office!
You see,
Lai Mohammed and his APC are uncommonly gifted liars, but no matter how
far and fast their lies have travelled, it must eventually be overtaken
by truth!
After all, as Bob Marley sang, you can fool some people some time, but you can't fool all the people all the time!
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