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| Minister of information and culture, Alhaji Lai Mohamed |
Lai Mohammed , minister of information, has described the threat by terrorists to kidnap President Muhammadu Buhari as mere propaganda .
The minister said this on Wednesday when he addressed journalists after the federal executive council (FEC) meeting.
On July 24, a viral video was released by insurgents suspected to be members of Boko Haram,
threatening to abduct the president and Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna state.
In the video, the insurgents were seen flogging captives in their camp, while threatening to sell them off as slaves if their demands are not met by the government.
Reacting to the insurgents’ warning, the minister said the threat is laughable.
“As to those who have issued threats to Mr. President, I think it’s more of propaganda than anything. It’s laughable,” he said.