Travel ban: Lai Mohammed speaks on Order 6 being for political witch-hunt

The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed on Wednesday maintained that the Executive Order 6 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari was not to “witch-hunt any political opponent.”

Mohammed made the clarification at the Chatham House, in the United Kingdom, UK.

The Minister stressed that the Order was to strengthen the anti-corruption fight of the current administration, adding that the Order was being misconstrued by “naysayers” and beneficiaries of the past corrupt administrations.

He said, “The facts are very simple. Sometimes in July, the President, in the exercise of his constitutional powers signed the Executive Order 6 to strengthen the anti-corruption fight.

“In that order, the various corruption cases being investigated were listed and appendix.

“As soon as the Order was proclaimed, some people went to court to challenge it.

“Because of the pending case, the government suspended its implementation.

“But last week, the court ruled in favour of government and the government said that it is time to start its implementation.

“The government believed that you cannot fight corruption, if you allow the perpetrators of corruption to use the proceeds to compromise investigation or and its outcome.

“What the Order says is that if someone is alleged to have used the proceed of corruption to buy a house, that person will not be allowed to dispose of the property, travel during the time of trial or do anything that will destroy the outcome o the case.”