You Are Desperate And An Illiterate, Ribadu Fires Back At Abati

A former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu has described the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to President Goodluck Jonathan, Reuben Abati as a desperate personality, a fraud and someone who lacks 'the simplest level of media literacy.'

Reacting to a statement credited to Mr Abati, in which the presidential spokesman referred to his views at a lecture in Kaduna last weekend as hypocritical and self-serving, Mr Ribadu accused the presidential aide of standing on "crooked crutches of rehashed falsehoods fabricated by corrupt politicians."

Mr Ribadu, at a lecture in Kaduna on Saturday, was said to have declared that Nigeria is a "sinking ship" under President Jonathan with the yearnings of the masses being neglected by a tyrannical leadership.

Mr Abati had on Monday released a statement where he faulted Mr Ribadu's views describing them as hypocritical and self-serving.

Read Mr Ribadu's statement below:

Reuben Abati's statement, typical of his increasingly desperate personality, has exposed him as a fraud of a presidential spokesman who does not have the simplest level of media literacy.

It is unfortunate that he stands on crooked crutches of rehashed falsehoods fabricated by corrupt politicians prosecuted by Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, in his desperate attempt to hold on to his job.

His conjectured statement is a sad commentary on the type of people we have in the helms of our affairs: even with the resources at his disposal, Abati could not conduct a little research to save himself from embarrassment before he set out barking.

It is a huge gaffe for Abati to charge Ribadu of ingratitude as the latter has more valid stand to make similar accusation having been betrayed after his selfless service to the nation in the Petroleum Revenue Task Force committee. The question of who is ethically challenged, however, is left for Nigerians to answer.

-naij