The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has appealed to the Nigerian police and other security agencies for protection against violent threat by former World Boxing Champion, Bashiru Ali also known as Bash Ali.
Bash Ali, in a video, had accused Sunday Dare of extorting ‘millions of naira’ from him in order to help him organise a world boxing title fight for him.
Bash Ali alleged that the Minister collected millions of naira from him but didn’t fulfill his promise. He, however, called on the Minister to “refund with interest the sum N13M he extorted from him in the name of President Muhammadu Buhari, obey President Buhari’s October 15, 2019 directive and apologize to him for the defamation of character.”
He also called on the Minister to resign is appointment as a Minister saying that he is the worst public servant ever.
According to Ali, “Failure of the Minister to attend to the demands within 14 days, I will shutdown ministry of Youths and Sports.
But in his reaction, Mr. Dare, Ina statement made available to newsmen by his media aide, Mr. Toyin Ibitoye, he described Ali’s claims as defamatory, false, and unsubstantiated.
The Minister called on the security agencies to protect him and the Ministry of sports and Youth Development from the threat by Bash Ali.
“Apart from aggravating the previous defamatory acts, in the present video, Bash Ali has threatened violence and disruptive acts against a functional unit of the Federal Government of Nigeria.
“As a responsible public office holder, the Minister will not sit back and allow the threats materialize. If Bash Ali could have the effrontery to make and publicize a video where he not only made allegations against the person of the Minister but also threatened to halt operations of the Ministry of Youths and Sports Development, then, it is compelling that the security agencies are put on alert so as to avoid a future situation of regret where things are taken for granted.”
The Minister reiterated that he had notify his lawyer, Bode Olanipekun(SAN) to press charges against Bash Ali.
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