President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday denied a claim by
Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State that he reported a
serving minister who allegedly collected a $250m bribe
from an oil company without the President acting on the
information.
A newspaper (not Saturday PUNCH) had on Friday quoted
the governor, who is one of the seven aggrieved Peoples
Democratic Party governors, as making the claim in an
interview with an Abuja-based radio station on Thursday.
Lamido was quoted as saying: “Do you know that
recently a top minister received a $250 million (about
42.25 billion) bribe for himself… he (the minister) is in
the cabinet; he is in this current regime; he knows and I
know, and I told the President.”
But Jonathan, in a statement by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, described the
governor’s claim as “grossly irresponsible, false and
mischievous.”
He said no such communication took place between him
and the governor.
He said the governor’s “patently bogus allegation” was a
callous attempt to impugn his (the President’s) integrity
and cast aspersion on his administration’s anti-
corruption war.
Jonathan added that Lamido descended into “the
unscrupulous, reckless and thoughtless peddling of
arrant falsehood” in order to score cheap political points
for personal and sectional political gains.
He added that if the governor has credible information
about a minister receiving the said amount as bribe as
he claimed, he should publicly name the minister
involved and provide evidence to support his allegation.
In the event that he is unable to do so, the President said
Lamido should be prepared to offer an unreserved
apology to him and Nigerians for what he called “his
unwarranted and unjust effort to denigrate, disparage
and malign the President and the Federal Government.”
The President said while his administration would
continue to make corrupt public officials answerable for
their actions, he would not succumb to harassment and
blackmail by self-seeking politicians jostling for personal
advantage.
The statement read, “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.”


Source: www.punchng.com/news/250m-bribery-claim-lamido-lied-against-me-jonathan/

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Haven't U heard that election is being conducted in Anambra and you are here mentioning invisible figure. %)

Who is the serving minister ? Doesn't he/she have a name ?

"...callous attempt to impugn his (the President’s)
integrity and cast aspersion on his administration’s anti-corruption war".

Is this man for real Like seriously, which integrity is he talking about and which anti-corruption war is he referring to What a clown.

Reuben Abati may the president spokesman but he may not be privy to issue , again I expect Lamido Sule to name the minister involved in d bribery scandal so that appropriate investigation can take place

what stops the governor from naming the minister and sending evidence to th appropriate unit like the Efcc. Abi Gej don turn Efcc

Who is fooling who here and how petty can this President be? Nigerians should wake up. We are living in a vicious dictatorship where criticising the government, the President or any of his Ministers or exposing their most evil deeds means that you are endangering the lives and liberty of your loved ones. What a shame.
- FFK

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What is GEJ waiting for a.k.a Stella Odua?
Abati over to you.

mr jona, i will only take u serious on ur claim dat u will make corrupt officials answerable 4 their action wen u deal wit stella oduah case apropriately, not dis one ur government trying 2 cover her up and sweep her case under d carpet.

Now his sons will be quietly left alone. Everyone means business.