Why We Haven’t Paid Ikoyi Whistleblower – Lai Mohammed

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has justified the reasons why the Federal Government is delaying in the payment of the statutory 5% reward for the Ikoyi whistleblower.

The Minister said Federal Government has not paid due to controversy surrounding the identity of the real whistleblower.

Speaking during a visit to Leadership Newspaper, on Tuesday, the Minister said the matter is complicated because two people were laying claim to the money.

Mohammed said since different persons were laying claim to the money, government would follow due process in arriving at the true identity of the owner.

Quoting him, ‘‘It is a bit complicated because more than one person is claiming the money and we do not want to disclose the identity of the Whistleblower.

‘‘We have a very unique situation in our hand at the moment; it is so complex and complicated. One said we should not pay the other and the other one has gone to court.

“Now we have the authentic whistle blower and fake whistleblower, we hope to find out the real person. Ordinarily, a whistleblower should be anonymous.

However, we are working very closely to ensure that such thing never happens
again”, Mohammed said.