Ribadu Sends Message To Everybody Over WhatsApp Post On Buhari, Bandits, Jonathan

Pioneer EFCC Chairman, Nuhu Ribadu has strongly refuted a post being circulated on WhatsApp platforms where he allegedly said bandits were imported into the country by Muhammadu Buhari to oust Goodluck Jonathan from power in 2015.

Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Sunday, the ex-Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission asserted that the grammatically-flawed statement was a fabrication that has no basis.

Naija News reports that Ribadu identified social media as being “partly responsible” for the country’s problems, stressing that social media promotes fake news, which creates religious and ethnic divisions in the country.

Referring to the trending WhatsApp post, he told journalists, “July 2019 was the first time I came to know about it, and I came out with a very strong denial, saying that it was a fabrication and had no basis.

“It was a piece of rubbish with very bad grammar and factual destruction, but indeed very damaging. I reacted very strongly after that. It didn’t stop and I was forced again to issue a statement denying it.

“I thought that would have been the end of it, but not long afterwards, it started coming back again and I’m worried and concerned.

“I want to again deny in the strongest terms and send a message to everybody to disregard the statements. It is not fair; it is not just. It is very sinful for you to create something from nowhere and attribute it to an innocent person who doesn’t know anything about it. I have nothing to do with that message.

“This is my strongest denial. Everybody should please disregard the statement. It is not from me; it is not true. Social media is, today, partly responsible for what is going on in our country by trying to promote things that are not true and creating division based on religion and ethnicity, among other things.

“They are not being fair to us, and I think the government has a duty and a responsibility to take action; nobody else can do it. As private citizens, we have limited capacity to take action; government has to.”