The Federal Government on Tuesday maintained that no amount of intimidation or blackmail will stop the ongoing war against corruption.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the country should be prepared for more mind bugging revelations by the time 2014 and 2015 reports would have been released.
Mohammed, however, alerted that treasury looters have resorted to fight back using various means.
He assured that the administration will succumb to the many distractions and blackmails being deployed by treasury looters.
He said, “Well, I can tell you today that corruption is already fighting back, and it is fighting hard and dirty. Sponsored articles have started appearing in the newspapers and in the social media, while ‘talking heads’ have started making the rounds in the electronic media, all deriding the fight against corruption as well as this administration.
“Not stopping there, they have been creating distractions by sponsoring articles in both local and international media to deride the administration’s policies generally, tag the President a budding dictator and even writing off his 2016 budget. We know that the sole purpose of these attacks is to distract attention from the war on corruption.
“It is saddening that some otherwise credible voices have unwittingly allowed themselves to be railroaded into the bandwagon of pro-corruption orchestra. They engage sophistry to try to rally Nigerians against the anti-corruption battle. One hack writer even said the disclosure that 55 Nigerians allegedly stole 1.34 trillion Naira between 2006 and 2013 did not trigger any anger among Nigerians.”
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