The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has described the claim that he said the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC deliberately withheld the real-time upload of presidential election results from polling units as absolute falsehood.

“It is irresponsible and reckless,” the minister said on Wednesday in Washington DC, the United States of America.

Mohammed said the report published in some online platforms was a deliberate falsehood, twisted to serve selfish interests.

“This is irresponsible and reckless journalism .

“The truth of the matter is that, one of the major problems in the polity today, is a section of the media.

“These are people who cannot just belief that the Labour Party or the opposition did not win the election.

“They convinced themselves that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will loose the election.

“As a result of this there is nothing you want to say or do, they will find a way to twist it and make it what they want it to look like,” he said.

The minister said his statement was unambiguous and it was wrong for any media platform to have twisted it, to serve its own interest.


“What I said was that, during the election, there was a technical glitch and as a result of this and for INEC to protect the data, it suspended uploading of the results.

“INEC immediately set up a technical team to look into what went wrong and simultaneously floated another platform,” he said.

Mohammed added: “They inserted the word “deliberately” and omitted the phrase that it was in order to protect the sanctity of the data.

“They make it to look like INEC deliberately refused to upload the results’.

Mohammed reiterated that the publication was a most irresponsible way to practice journalism.

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“This is irresponsible and reckless journalism . “The truth of the matter is that, one of the major problems in the polity today, is a section of the media. “These are people who cannot just belief that the Labour Party or the opposition did not win the election.

“They convinced themselves that the All Progressives Congress (APC) will loose the election. “As a result of this there is nothing you want to say or do, they will find a way to twist it and make it what they want it to look like,” he said.

“What I said was that, during the election, there was a technical glitch and as a result of this and for INEC to protect the data, it suspended uploading of the results..

“INEC immediately set up a technical team to look into what went wrong and simultaneously floated another platform,” he said. Mohammed added: “They inserted the word “deliberately” and omitted the phrase that it was in order to protect the sanctity of the data.“They make it to look like INEC deliberately refused to upload the results’.

It’s what we know already. Same was done to Wole Soyinka recently. Twisting words on media all to form victim or buys sympathy. They’re strategies that can’t even work cuz people have seen through their hypocrisy & they’ve been abandoned..

Their 3rd class pathetic fraud & acute agent of division already in court. Instead of him to stay calm and let court does it work, he kept on coming to the media to say gibberish. He’ll soon meet his Waterloo..

Basket mouth

Nigeria is the only country in the world that have a Minister of information who doesn't have information.

Truth be told, the federal govt don't mean well for the citizens . A poll that was marred with violence, killings, snatching and destruction of ballot boxes and rigging. Somebody is saying that the president delivered on his promise of credible election.

I blame Jonathan for every problem Nigeria is facing now

Tinubu must have called and tongue-lashed him for messing up his case in court

He said IREV, a platform whereby election results at the polling level are uploaded, was not a tool for the collation of election results or to transmit results electronically.

Exactly what I said on the previous thread.

The oppositions are sore losers who can do anything to discredit others as everything about them are always fake

A minister of information doesn't know the difference between believe and belief.it's shocking.

THE LIAR ALSO WAILS!

I didn't know that he was now the INEC spokesperson too!

Liar Mohamed doesn't understand English. He is the angriest human being alive. He is being haunted by millions of lies he has told. How can someone make ambiguous statement in the public and expect the public to read his mind? What does ambiguous statement mean, Mr liar Mohamed?

Werey

Ok

Lol we all know eye neck made a calculated move of rigging the elections,whatever you are saying holds no water,it is clear as day and night that eye neck stole the people's mandate.

Ogar.... You said it you didn't say it, it never changes the fact that INEC most likely willingly choose not to use the BVAS in uploading the presidential results. Had INEC used it, all these wahala wouldn't have start in the first place regardless who won.

Maybe they have to explain to Nigerians how they used over N3000 billion in conducting the sham called election.

This Man should shut up and get out

Using lies to cover lies expires with time. Guy stop acting as opposition or APC spokesman. Just go back to Kwara and enjoy your shame they gve you there.

The dude said that he is in court and your still explaining unasked questions.

Shame to old men politicians (no exceptions). You couldn't fix Nigeria, now you're fighting the youths

This man is a professional lier



He deserve

HEADIES AWARD...


IF man were to be my father, I wil change surname....

Good

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Lol

That's how Liar Lai Mohammed twisted Peter Obi's words and accused him of treason.

How does it feel, Sir, having your words "twisted" too?

Ok

because you are nothing but a chronic LIAr

No baba, it is what it is! 😃 😀 😄

I go miss this shameless old liar

Lai Mohammed-the legendary liar and lying machine of the disastrous Buhari-led APC government. Fear who no fear this man. He will forever go down in infamy.

Who wrote this with all the grammatical errors?

He sabi lie

I have never seen one single statement APC has owned in the past 8 years.

Twisted kill u there mugu...all of una go die misserable death!

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