"Those who peddle it stand to gain nothing-nothing at all-but the creation of panic and the incitement of the public against the federal government," the statement read.
It is also the rule in Nigerian politics that political appointees are expected to sing the praise of their bosses in public all the time, and should they have any misgivings they can only express those misgivings privately.
I wanted to blow it open to the public, so that people would know what he was going through. But, his father was among those who stopped me from making the case known to the public. We actually had a three-day vigil for Mohbad.