Jonathan Replies El-Rufai…Says Ex-FCT Minister A Serial Liar

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President Jonathan replied another of his main critics today, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, and now chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, calling him a serial liar. The president was reacting to media reports in which El-Rufai named Jonathan as the godfather of oil thieves in Nigeria.

In a presidential statement released in Abuja today, Jonathan said in “this most recent interview, like others he gave in the past only shows that El-Rufai is a serial liar and the facts of history bear me witness. El-Rufai accused President Goodluck Jonathan of playing ethnic and religious politics, however, any objective watcher of the President knows that this is untrue.

“For instance, the Muslim Ummah just emerged from the Ramadan fast and the President, though a Christian, joined them in fasting and severally broke the fast with Muslims at the Presidential Villa.

“Also, in the history of the existence of Nigeria as a nation, no leader has spent the quantum of funds that President Jonathan has spent on education specifically tailored for Islamic itinerant scholars known as the almajiri. In the composition of his cabinet, the President has appointed Muslims into sensitive positions and ensured a balance that has been commended by many in the Islamic fold.

“But it is most curious that this allegation is coming from Nasir El-Rufai, a man who profaned the name of Jesus Christ on Twitter by tweeting a joke which is too indecent to mention in the presence of civilized persons. This same El-Rufai is the same man who in June of last year claimed that Christians were behind the bombings of their own churches rather than terrorists and were doing this to further a Christian agenda.

“It is only a measure of his inconsistency that El-Rufai is today accusing the Presidency of being afraid of General Muhammadu Buhari whom the same El-Rufai said was “perpetually unelectable”. In fact, the accusation El-Rufai is now making against the President is precisely the same accusation he made against General Muhammadu Buhari on October 4 2010 when he said Buhari’s “insensitivity to Nigeria’s diversity and his parochial focus are already well-known”. Today, El-Rufai is serving this same Buhari.

“That El-Rufai is not above lying to the media to achieve his political objective was proven in Segun Adeniyi’s book, ‘Power, Politics and Death’ when El-Rufai was quoted to have confessed in the presence of multiple witnesses who are still alive today that “There was no cabal, we created the myth to neutralise Turai”. El-Rufai sold Nigerians the dummy of a Turai cabal which was a lie used to further his own political ends.

“In any case, we have a record of what El-Rufai truly thinks of President Jonathan from the leaked secret diplomatic memo from the U.S. embassy in Abuja which revealed that just before the April 2007 Presidential election El-Rufai had told the then U.S. ambassador to Nigeria that the then Vice Presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was “clean and honest”.

“Mallam El-Rufai’s comment on the Vice President is also unfortunate. The report quoted him as describing the administration of Arc Mohammed Namadi Sambo in Kaduna state as a disaster, purporting that the vice president as a former governor of Kaduna state incurred a huge debt profile that compelled his successor to complain. At no time did the late Governor Yakowa ever accuse the Vice President of incurring any huge debt during his tenure as Governor of Kaduna State.

“For the records, when the Vice President was in charge as Governor of Kaduna state, the state never borrowed a penny from any quarters. The efforts to generate cheap funds for development, which he applied for were just recently approved by the Islamic Development Bank for the state.

“It is on record also that the Vice President made judicious use of the state’s resources in reviving the already comatose railway sector, construction of a 150-million litres per day Zaria water treatment plant, the construction of a 300-bed specialist hospital and 5,000 kg grain silos for each of the three senatorial districts, the building of a games centre at the Murtala Mohammed Square and the Ahmadu Bello Stadium in Kaduna; the construction of a brand new Governor’s office at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim House; the establishment of a mobile and effective security outfit codenamed Operation Yaki and the deployment of 27% of the State’s budget to education amongst other achievements.

“Since El-Rufai has a history of saying the truth privately and the lie publicly it suffices to warn his current fellow co-travelers that a man who can betray those who brought him up in politics is capable of anything. Nigerians should consequently take his words with not just a pinch of salt, but a spoonful because a double-minded man is unstable in all his ways.

“We are not the least surprised with such vituperations from Nasir El-Rufai. His public record of treachery and slander is still very fresh in the minds of Nigerians. His verbal assault on his original benefactors for worldly gain, his record of double standards and his treatment of the late Justice Bashir Sambo speak volumes of his character.

“The false accounts he rendered in his recent collection of half-truths and outright lies which he accidentally titled The Accidental Public Servant further define his public image as an ungrateful, self-serving and loquacious personality.”

“In any case, we have a record of what El-Rufai truly thinks of President Jonathan from the leaked secret diplomatic memo from the U.S. embassy in Abuja which revealed that just before the April 2007 Presidential election El-Rufai had told the then U.S. ambassador to Nigeria that the then Vice Presidential candidate, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, was “clean and honest”.

osaiworld: both of you are professional liars.

eGuerrilla: I would leave it up to El-Rufai to react to the curve-balls lobbed in his direction

One thing I find curious in this official response is the veracity given to a Wikileak document.
Surely if you lend credibility to one of these, you do this same for all others, no?

eGuerrilla: I would leave it up to El-Rufai to react to the curve-balls lobbed in his direction

One thing I find curious in this official response is the veracity given to a Wikileak document.
Surely if you lend credibility to one of these, you do this same for all others, no?

malc619:

We've loads of Wikileak docs on Jo and his gang, guess the toads at the presidency only believe in the credibility of the one on El-Rufai

Dismissing Vice President Atiku, he said that the election was a two-party race between ANPP's Buhari and PDP's Yar'Adua, but that the PDP's "funding mechanisms and structures" would carry the day

His comments, while sticking to the PDP line in general, left an impression that he personally was opening up the Buhari issue, perhaps in consideration of his own future post-Obasanjo.

Rufai said that the PDP's candidates, Governors Umaru Yar'Adua from Katsina and Goodluck Jonathan from Bayelsa, were "thrown up by the party." He characterized Yar'Adua as "clean" and someone who has managed his state well.

He described Yar'Adua as an "odd fellow" - an introvert who rarely traveled and said that Yar'Adua had kidney problems "in the past." He claimed that the Governor had not visited Lagos "for many years," and said that some think Yar'Adua's last trip to Lagos was in 1991. Rufai said he had known Yar'Adua for over 25 years and that Yar'Adua had shown himself to be an independent thinker since his decision to oppose politically both his father and his late brother, Shehu Yar'Adua, in the 1979 elections.

COMMENT: The Minister exhibited his usual self-confident demeanor and was never at a loss for words on any subject. His assessment of the PDP's biggest challenges was clear-eyed, identifying PDP arrogance and party cohesion as two of the biggest problems. Aside from his propounding the PDP party line, though, was an undercurrent. His mention of Odili, Makarfi and Mu'azu as having "integrity problems" with the EFCC serves both the PDP interest in bolstering Yar'Adua's viability as a candidate and, interestingly, his own reported efforts to replace Yar'Adua in the event it became necessary (although he did not say so.) His platitudes for Buhari, though were equally interesting. It may be that, seeing an end to his own career in politics, he is seeking to soften his own landing in the event the PDP is not successful in the upcoming elections

teskyg: GEJ is too soft.How can a Miscrant like El-Rufai refered to seating President as an Oil Thieve?This is getting out of hand.A Chidi Lyold treatment to the likes of El-Rufai will be wellcom.

Caleboha: Not a pinch of credibilty left for El-rufai. Chai!!! El-rufai sha. No hard feelings, its just a game!

eGuerrilla:

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dgitrader: Why give elrufai attention? Mr. President dont deminish that office, rather focus on getting d job done. Let haters continue to rant . Nigerians are wiser now

Tonylyte: Finally gej brought democracy to naija...infact excess-democracy, cos, even in a democratic nation, u dnt blatantly insult a sitting president-try it in east-african cntry lyk kenya, zimbabwe, et all n see....all dis meat-headed apes shul just free his excellency to carry out his fresh air agenda...bw, y wouldnt apc liv gej alone and focuse on dia party, brng out dia manifesto-if they is any? Or is dia aim to fyte gej?.They stay under me n talk abt me#gej's voice#i wish apc GOODLUCK against GOODLUCK though