‘You Have Serious Amnesia’, El-Rufai Slams Ribadu For Denying Anti-Tinubu Remarks
Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has slammed the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, accusing him of “serious amnesia” over his denial of past comments allegedly made against President Bola Tinubu.
Ribadu had, through his lawyer, Dr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), demanded a public apology and retraction from a Peoples Democratic Party’s chieftain, Naja’atu Muhammad, who claimed in a viral TikTok video that Ribadu had once labelled Tinubu as corrupt during his tenure as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
In a strongly worded letter, Ribadu refuted the allegations, insisting he never made such statements, either publicly or privately, and described the damage from the video as “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.
“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.
“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.
