Goodluck Denies Sule Lamido's $250m Bribery Allegation On Minister

 
We have noted with much regret, the grossly irresponsible, false and mischievous claim by the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido that President Goodluck Jonathan has refused to act on information that a serving minister recently collected a bribe of $250 million from an oil company.
 The Presidency views the patently bogus allegation reportedly made by the Governor in a radio interview yesterday as an unacceptable and callous attempt to unjustly impugn the integrity of President Jonathan and cast aspersions on the seriousness of his Administration’s efforts to curb corruption.
The allegation and the claim by Alhaji Lamido that he informed President Jonathan of the acceptance of the huge bribe by an unnamed minister is absolutely without any foundation in fact or reality because no such communication has ever taken place between them.
We abhor Governor Lamido’s descent to the unscrupulous, reckless and thoughtless peddling of arrant falsehood in a puerile effort to score cheap political points against President Jonathan for personal and sectional political gains.
 If, as he claims, Alhaji Lamido has credible information about a minister receiving the said amount as bribe, he should publicly name the minister involved without  delay and provide evidence to support his allegation.
 In the event that he is unable to do so, he should be prepared to offer an unreserved apology to the President and Nigerians for his unwarranted and unjust effort to denigrate, disparage and malign the President and the Federal Government. 
While the Jonathan Presidency will continue to make corrupt public officials answerable for their actions, it will not succumb to harassment and blackmail by self-seeking politicians jostling for personal advantage.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President (Media & Publicity)
November 15, 2013

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4 Comments

  1. I strongly believe that there is no smoke without fire, let them take their time, I can assure you that at the end there will be elements of truth. They initially denied the allegations of the Minister of Aviation.

    S.O.R.

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  2. Lamido should take this as a challenge thrown to him by Mr. President. The name of the minister should not be concealed.

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  3. D president n his people think we are fools abi,Aviation minister which is still a minister wit them dat has been doing shady business too is a lie abi n d 50 golds requested 4 by d presidency 4 independence is a lie too right among many atrocities dat has been happening under dis administrations are all lies,which corruption are they fighting,they are deceiving themselves n dat was y GEJ order d police to distrupt d corruption awareness d other day at Abuja

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  4. Reuben abati whom are you trying to fool by saying gej is fighting corruption?even when the likes of stella oduah(aviation) and aruma oteh(sec) are still part of his government despite the corruption charges levelled against them at different times.as for you gov lamido be man enough to name the minister that gave the bribe to an oil company otherwise i'll also see you as a big liar.gov lamido nigerians are waiting patiently to hear from you.
    B.K.writes frm Bauchi

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