The National Security Advisor, Nuhu Ribadu, has come under fire from former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, who accused him of “serious amnesia” for denying alleged remarks he made against President Bola Tinubu in the past.
Recently, a Peoples Democratic Party leader named Naja’atu Muhammad claimed in a widely shared TikTok video that Ribadu had once called Tinubu corrupt while he was Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. But Ribadu, in response through his lawyer, Dr Ahmed Raji (SAN) demanded a public apology and retraction from Muhammad.
Ribadu denied the accusations in a sharply written letter, claiming that he never uttered such remarks in private or in public, and he called the harm caused by the film “unquantifiable.”
“Clearly, in the text of your recording, you stated that when our client served as the Chairman of the EFCC, he allegedly named President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, alongside Sen. George Akume and Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, as governors who stole the most from the public treasury,” the letter read.
Backing Muhammad’s claims, El-Rufai in a rebuttal post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, accused Ribadu of selective memory.
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“Nuhu must have serious amnesia. The record of proceedings in the Senate will confirm that Nuhu made those statements sometime in 2006. A Daily Trust report from February 2007 reconfirms the essence of the statements,” El-Rufai posted.
He further referenced the Federal Executive Council conclusions from 2006, suggesting they contain evidence of Ribadu’s allegations against Tinubu and others.
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“In that Special FEC meeting, which I was a member of, Nuhu’s EFCC made similar presentations accusing many sitting officials at the time. These Council conclusions can be subpoenaed from the Cabinet Secretariat of the SGF’s office to 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,” he added.
