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Lai Mohammed, minister of information, says the federal government will soon release another list of looters.

Mohammed who spoke in Ilorin, Kwara state capital, dared aggrieved members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to seek redress in court.

Uche Secondus, chairman of the PDP, and Raymond Dokpesi, a member of the opposition party, whose names appeared on the list have instituted legal action against Mohammmed and the federal government.

But Mohammed said the government would not be intimidated.

He said the current administration had evidence of the “misdeeds” of the former ruling party.
“We are not going to ask anybody not to go to court, but what we are telling them is that they should re-examine themselves because when the government came out with its list, it was confident of the evidence it had.

“No government worth its salt would be challenged and would not come out to prove that what it is saying is correct.
“When it comes to evidence it’s for the courts to decide, but we want to make it clear that no amount of intimidation from any side would prevent the federal government from releasing the next batch of looters’ list and what you have seen so far is the tip of the iceberg. You will see that many people that Nigerians did not suspect partook in the national looting.”

“Interestingly, we have people saying that they are going to court, you see courts are for the accused person and the accuser, courts are for the rich and the poor, courts are for the government and the governed. So, anybody that says that he’s going to court, that shouldn’t frighten anybody.”