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As reactions continue to trail a recent statement attributed to Col. Ojogbane Adegbe, former aide-de-camp to immediate past president, Goodluck Jonathan, the military personnel has debunked ever threatening to open a can-of-worm about his erstwhile principal.

Col. Adegbe, while expressing shocks and disbelief over the recent viral report, which quoted him as saying that if he was forced to reveal what transpired under the last administration, Nigeria will boil, had demanded an unreserved apologia from the management of the Sun Publishing Limited for dragging his hard-earned name to the mud.

He said his recent visit to the office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was never in connection with the controversial arms scandal.


Reacting to the report, the military official in a letter by his solicitor, Chief Ogwu Onoja, SAN, and exclusively obtained by DAILY POST, denied ever making such controversial statement against his former boss during his interrogation at the EFCC office.

According the letter, “We have read with shock and disbelief the lead story in your newspaper, dated Friday 12th February, 2016, titled: “If I open up, Nigeria will burn. Detained Jonathan’s ex-ADC warns, as EFCC declares Tompolo wanted” .

The lawyer, while describing the report as false, misleading and defamatory, said it had caused significant harm to his client’s good name and reputation.

He said, “we have examined the full story contained on page 7 of the paper and the different statements credited to him and compared them with provable facts. This comparison shows without any doubt whatsoever that, among others, the following of your statements about what transpired are false:


a. You stated that Col. Adegbe was credited to have said: “If I open up, Nigeria will burn.”

b. You stated that: “the economic and financial crimes commission (EFCC) picked up Adegbe on Wednesday in Lagos where he was interrogated before he was flown to Abuja yesterday.”

c. You stated that: “It was gathered that ongoing interrogation of the former ADC by operatives of the EFCC could open up a new can of worms, which could surpasss what is now known as Dasukigate”

d. You stated that: “Col. Adegbe who was arrested in Lagos a few days ago, was said to be attending a senior officers course outside the former capital city, but on a visit, when he was picked up for interrogation.”

“To set the record straight, all the issues raised by your paper above only exist in the figment of your imagination. This attitude of yours is highly unprofessional and capable of heating up the polity and has indeed brought the name of our client to great disrepute. We are constrained to set the records straight by informing you that our client was not arrested as reported by your newspaper.”

Explaining the real reason for his invitation to the anti-graft office, the solicitor noted that, “to set the records straight, Col Adegbe was not arrested by EFCC as claimed by your newspaper. It is known fact that Col Adegbe has been in the UK for studies having been released by the Nigerian Army to do so.

“The EFCC wrote the military authority to invite our client for questioning with respect to an ongoing investigation to clarify certain allegations made against him. The military authority invited him back to Nigeria, which he willingly came in and reported to the office of the provost marshal in Abuja on Wednesday 10th February 2016. Due to his late arrival and the inability of the Army to complete their documentation, he was asked to report to the Garrison Mess in Mogadishu Cantonment in line with military tradition till the next day. Upon completion of the necessary paper work, he was excorted to the EFCC where he wrote his statement and was interrogated.

“We are also familiar with the statement he wrote at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and are also acquainted with answers he gave to questions, so we are at a complete loss as to how your newspaper arrived at that highly sensational and false story. The lawyers and representative of the Nigerian Army were present through out the interrogation. There was never a time Col. Adegbe threatened to burn down Nigeria.

“He has demanded a retraction of the said story with the same banner headline and an apology from the Sun Newspaper within 12 hours to avoid legal action.

“In view of your false and malicious statements, we demand a retraction of the false story with the same banner headline and an apology for your fictitious and highly embarrassing report. The retraction and apology must carry and be accorded the same prominence not less than 7 editions of your publication. We also demand that the retraction be syndicated to all your prints and the online media links in the same way and manner you spread the false story.

“We demand this to be effected within 12 hours while we advise our client on the legal implication of this malicious publication,” the statement added.

http://dailypost.ng/2016/02/15/dasukigate-jonathans-ex-adc-col-adegbe-denies-being-arrested/?utm_source=dlvr_nnd&utm_medium=twitter

APC MAKA WHY THE LIES??

ANOTHER APC LIE AND PROPAGANDA BUSTED

So it was another APC propaganda right?

Even the sun newspaper has come under the spell of mass hypnotism of the Apc's propanganda machinery. So sad!

zico530:
So it was another APC propaganda right?

MY BROTHER NA SO WE SEE AM

media would always be media..lies lies lies..

Sensationalism/propaganda/lies are the hallmark of this administration and our media houses have decided to exploit it to the fullest for monetary gains.

who is to blame? unmentioned insider in the EFCC

I still think femi adesina is still a columnist with sun newspaper, u knw that guy is highly propangandrous!
why all these abeg, abi una wan sell paper or what?
this is absurd n preposterous n every right thinking nigerian shud condemn this kindmof journalism. its killing the profession if at all journalism is a profession.
cos d only professional course I know is law, medical science n engineering.

When did The Sun become APC newspaper

...and the media trial continues

If APC really mean well for Nigeria, they should stop all these lies, as it is not doing them any good

BeardedMeat:
Even the sun newspaper has come under the spell of mass hypnotism of the Apc's propanganda machinery. So sad!

The current Media Spokesperson for Buhari was an editor with The Sun Newspaper. Its proprietor, Orji Kalu is presently romancing with APC. Draw your conclusion from there.

APC

OLADD:
The current Media Spokesperson for Buhari was an editor with The Sun Newspaper. Its proprietor, Orji Kalu is presently romancing with APC. Draw your conclusion from there.

Oh that's true! My bad.

poiZon:
I still think femi adesina is still a columnist with sun newspaper, u knw that guy is highly propangandrous!
why all these abeg, abi una wan sell paper or what?
this is absurd n preposterous n every right thinking nigerian shud condemn this kindmof journalism. its killing the profession if at all journalism is a profession.
cos d only professional course I know is law, medical science n engineering.

SERIOUSLY NIGERIANS SHOULD CONDEMN THIS TYPE OF JONALISM

Its only in the sun newspaper you will see " Woman gives birth to a dragon in a village" and the intriguing part of it is that it will always come with a photo. Rubbish!

tritt:
Its only in the sun newspaper you will see " Woman gives birth to a dragon in a village" and the intriguing part of it is that it will always come with a photo. Rubbish!

Lol you are funny !!!

Noble11:
Lol you are funny !!!

HE'S RIGHT NA,

Apc dey embaras our hard earned country... Jesus..... Wat a shame

All of you... Kontinu!! Everything is now Buhari or APC. APC now owns The Sun. No one mentioned integrity of the newspaper. If a political party even pay a paper to publish rubbish, must they collect the money?

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The Devil is in a coma with the primary cause being APC's lies...
Chai
Even the Devil can't believe it..[/size]

Fictitious corruption allegation is the only thing d APC feeds d zombies with so make dem d chop dey go.

eleojo23:
APC

Hypocrite Ipob

Na was APC

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GEJ till 2019 crew