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-Reno Omokri describes contents of Bolaji Abdullahi’s new book as blatant lies.

-Abdullahi has however fired back, claiming Omokri was too much of an outsider to understand the political intrigues that occurred at the period.

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Omokri and Abdullahi trade words over the events and aftermath of 2015 elections.

Former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has challenged APC spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi to sue him to court if he can truly defend the contents of his yet to be launched book in which he commented extensively on the tenure of former President Goodluck Jonathan.

Omokri described as lies, content of the book ‘On a Platter of Gold: How Jonathan Won and Lost Nigeria’, written by former minister, Bolaji Abdullahi, which will go on sale nationwide from November 30, 2017, after the launch.

 

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Omokri, in a statement issued on Thursday, said he was ready to counter claims made by Abdullahi about series of events which culminated in PDP’s loss of power to the APC in the 2015 general elections.

“Two months ago when I got details of the contents of the book by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressive Congress, Bolaji Abdullahi, I described him as a liar and his book as a tissue of lies meant to defame former President Jonathan as the 2019 elections draw near and the yearning for a return to the years when the Peoples Democratic Party governed Nigeria reaches fever pitch.”

“Now that the book is out, I can prove those claims and challenge Mr. Abdullahi to sue me in court for libel or defamation if I have lied.

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“In the book, Mr. Abdullahi revealed that this meeting held ‘four days’ after the election on a Tuesday evening.

“Nigerians would remember that the 2015 Presidential elections held on March 28, 2015. It would further be recalled that former President Jonathan called then candidate Buhari to concede the election at precisely 5: 15 PM on Tuesday, March 31, 2015. This timeline was also verified by the camp of the then candidate Buhari in a statement to the BBC’s Mansur Ali.

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“If, as Mr. Abdullahi claims, former President Jonathan called the so called meeting to renege on his concession on Tuesday the 31st of March, 2015, it would mean that Jonathan called the meeting only 45 minutes after he conceded. Because he conceded at 5.15 PM on March 31st 2015 and Mr. Abdullahi claimed the meeting held at 6 PM of March 31st 2015.

“How would it have been possible to call each participant and summon governors, Senators, Representatives, members of the PDP BOT and ‘ALL members of PDP National Working Committee (NWC)’ who were at different parts of the country and have all of them gather at the State House in just 45 minutes?

“Mind you, former President Jonathan conceded while the results were still being counted and long before they were even announced. It was not even public knowledge that President Jonathan had conceded.”

However, in a swift reaction when prompted by TheCable to respond to Omokri’s comments, Abdullahi said: “I did not write my book for aides and I will not dignify Mr. Omokri with a response. The fact is that he was too junior to understand the intrigues that were going on, so it is not in his place to deny what he knew nothing about.”

“In my book, I mentioned real names of real people who attended the meeting. They are alive and well. Let those ones come out and dispute my account of what transpired. Let them come out and say no such meeting was held and no such issues were discussed. Those are the people who can comment. I don’t have time for ball boys.”