By Akinwale Kasali
The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, has broken silence over allegations leveled against him of being a beneficiary of the constant stream of income from the Lekki Concession Company, LCC.
In a statement by the Minister, he said it was a figment of imagination, that is false and ridiculing.
The statement reads: “The attention of the office of the Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Hon. Sunday Dare has been called to a false news making the rounds on social media that he has been benefiting from constant stream of income from Lekki Concession Company Limited (LCC).
“The story reeks of blackmail, malicious slander and false in every material particular.
“The misleading, disingenuous and false report that offers no facts which are sacred should be disregarded and seen as the handiwork of hatchet men who pose as social media journalists, political jobbers and unscrupulous persons who are acting the script of their pay master(s) in a calculated attempt to tarnish the hard earned reputation and good works of Dare.
“For the records and posterity, it is important to state that the unsubstantiated report is not only capable of but aimed at heating up the polity at this critical time of nation building.
“Let it be categorically stated that Mr. Dare is not a stakeholder (Shareholder, Director or Contractor) in LCC. He collects no proceeds from the the LCC directly or indirectly as the malicious social media posts tried to suggest without an iota of fact”, the statement read.
“He who alleges must proof. The Minister will not hesitate to institute immediate legal action against these purveyors of false/fake and malicious news. This few give the media a bad name.
“We also use this medium to admonish the unsuspecting public to discard the fake news while advising online media practitioners to embrace objective and investigative journalism in order not to cause unnecessary tension”, the statement stressed.
