Former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has declared that the legacy of late former President Muhammadu Buhari is on trial.
Naijaonpoint reports that Mohammed made the remark while reacting to allegations of corruption levelled against some former ministers.
Asked for his comments on the corruption allegations against some of Buhari’s former ministers during an interview on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’, the Kwara-born politician said it would be unfair to pronounce judgment on his colleagues.
He said, “I think it’s very unfair to ask me to probably pronounce judgment on my colleagues or to make comments on what is actually already in court. But I don’t think, and I’m saying this with all sense of humility, that the legacy of Buhari is actually on trial.
“The legacy of Buhari is so huge, and it’s so enduring that it would be unfair to take the issue of a few ministers who have been alleged, and I must use this word very advisedly as if the entire legacy of [former] President Muhammadu Buhari is on trial.”
Lia Mohammed also stated that there is no unfriendly relationship between the administration of President Bola Tinubu and former ministers who served under the administration of late Muhammadu Buhari.
He said, “I don’t see any frosty relationship, frankly speaking. As someone who has, back-to-back, been a spokesperson for the opposition and the government, I have seen both sides of the divide.
“And I can see why it would appear, probably at times, that, you know, there’s a discontinuation of one programme or the other, but really, like we say in politics, we campaign in poetry, but we rule in prose.
“It’s when you are inside the kitchen that you can perceive the odour and the flavour of the kitchen. I quite understand and appreciate what this administration is going through.
“You would have, necessarily, to reorder your priorities. That does not mean that you’re abandoning what the other administration has done.”