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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has tackled elder statesman, Edwin Clark over call for his his arrest and prosecution for allegedly spreading fake news against Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi.
Clark, the Leader of the Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, had in a recent statement called for the arrest and prosecution of the Minister for allegedly spreading fake news against Obi.
Mohammed had during his recent visit to the United States claimed that Obi and his running mate, Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, made inciting comments over the outcome of the presidential elections.
Clark reacted in a statement titled, “Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information should be prosecuted for spreading fake news against the presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi.
In the statement, Clark wondered why Mohammed “took more than usual interest in not only lying against Obi.”
The elder statesman added that Obi’s “rising profile” cannot be damaged by the Nigerian government.
