FORMER Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, said decency requires that he keeps quiet and watch events unfold as the new government carries on with governance of the country.
He said having served as Minister of Information when he spoke vibrantly in defence of the policies of the last government, it was only proper to let Nigerians hear other voices.
Maku was, on Monday, asked to make comments on some unfolding developments in the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led administration but he declined, saying that it was too early for him to make such comments.
The former minister said he has his views about everything going on currently but said, “When I feel that I have respected public decency enough, I will make my views known.”
Maku, however, expressed sadness that having fought for democracy, escaped jail by whiskers and risked his life, he was now being made to suffer in the hand of a clique which he alleged has vowed that he will not rule Nasarawa State.
He said his failure to get justice at the levels of courts he had so far approached had nothing to do with his legal team, but with the judicial process, saying that he will continue to cry out to Nigerians that the country should be ran on equity and justice.
According to him, his party, the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), was sad with some of the rulings so far given on electoral cases involving its candidates, especially in Abia and Nasarawa states and said that the party cannot accept the situations.
Maku noted that for the new administration at the centre to show any modicum of movement forward, what he described as brazen robbery of victories should be returned to those who won the elections.(Tribune)
