Buhari's Spokesman Demands an Apology from PDP Within 72 Hours
President
Muhammadu Buhari's senior special adviser on media and publicity, has
given a 72-hour ultimatum to the opposition PDP to apologize over their
Forex claim against him or face him in court.
Garba Shehu
President Muhammadu Buhari’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu, has threatened to sue the Peoples Democratic
Party for accusing him of illegally trading in foreign exchange, except
the party apologises to him.
Mr. Shehu said the party has up to 72 hours to withdraw its claim and tender an apology.
The PDP, through its twitter handle @PDPNigeria, had accused Mr.
Shehu of buying USD800, 000 from the Central Bank of Nigeria at official
rate, and selling it off the same day at black market rate.
Mr. Shehu, in an earlier response, denied the allegation, and said, “The day I choose to start trading in FOREX I will resign as a presidential spokesman”.
He then threatened legal action if he knew the “coward and psychopath” behind the @PDPNigeria handle.
Having verified that the twitter handle in question (@PDPNigeria)
is the official handle of the PDP, Mr. Shehu, through his lawyers,
Cherish Solicitors, wrote to the national PDP chairman, Ali Modu
Sheriff, asking him to write a letter of apology and a retraction of the
publication within 72 hours of the receipt of the letter.
“We shall be left with no option than to have recourse to our client’s rights under the law,” Mr. Shehu’s lawyer said.
“We condemn your defamatory and libellous actions in the
strongest terms and we state that this is least expected from an
organization of your standing which produced past and present crops of
leaders, expected to be role model in the country,” stated the letter, signed by Aliyu Abdullahi.
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