Nasir El-Rufai, the former governor of Kaduna State, said Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser, must have serious amnesia for denying that he once discredited President Bola Tinubu’s virtue.
El-Rufai said this in a post on his X account on Wednesday amid Ribadu’s demand for a public apology and retraction from Naja’atu Muhammad, leader of the Northern Star group, over allegations she made in a TikTok video.
In the video, Muhammad claimed that during his tenure as chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ribadu accused Tinubu, George Akume, the minister of special duties, and Senator Orji Kalu of corruption. She further criticised Ribadu for now serving in a government led by individuals he allegedly once discredited their virtues.
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Reacting to the development, El-Rufai shared a report from Daily Trust dated February 2007, confirming that Ribadu made such remarks.
The former governor added that “the record of proceedings in the Senate will confirm that Nuhu made those statements, sometime in 2006.”
He said, “POLITICAL UPDATE: Najaatu Mohammed vs. Nuhu Ribadu – Nuhu must have serious amnesia.
“Najaatu’s statement is accurate. The record of proceedings in the Senate will confirm that Nuhu made those statements, sometime in 2006.
“The subsequent Daily Trust report below of February 2007, reconfirms the essence of the statements.
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“The conclusions of the Federal Executive Council in 2006, which can be subpoenaed from the Cabinet Secretariat of the SGF’s office contain the allegations. In that Special FEC meeting in which I was a member, Nuhu’s EFCC made similar presentations accusing many sitting officials, sometime in 2006.
“These Council Conclusions will further remove all doubts. This is for the record and to remind the morally-flexible that at some point in our national life, silence is no longer golden.”
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