Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who is also a stalwart of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has cleared the air on the allegation of diversion of the Kwara State 2019 APC general elections campaign funds, saying that he single-handedly raised all the funds for the prosecution of the elections in the state. He said he got that assurance from the acting National Chairman of APC Mai Mala Buni. “I never diverted All Progressives Congress (APC) 2019 general elections for my personal use as alleged by Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrasaq.”By the grace of God, I single-handedly with the support of friends, politicians and family raised all the monies for the Oke-Ero/Isin/Ekiti/Irepodun Federal Constituency bye-election of November 2019 that brought Hon. “And I challenge anybody here to say he gave the party one penny apart from what I gave them. We thank God today that was the beginning of our success.”“When elections proper came, we did not see our governorship candidate.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 03, 2021 17:26 UTC