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. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
Mallam Shehu,when is our naira going to be equal to one dollar?
ReplyDeleteAPC...change. Iam buying more brooms now for future campaigns.It is natural. Why are Nigerians crying because of extreme hardship and hunger in the land now. What do you expect when you move from Good luck to Bad luck? Apseeeeeee! Chains.
Apc has nothing to offer Nigerians than noise making and propaganda.
ReplyDeleteWe now understand what has been driving our change¥$. Shehu should should hold his breath and stop dancing naked. There is no smoke without fire.
ReplyDeleteWhat fire, what smoke? Pity the defeat of your party has demented you guys otherwise you would know that the allegation holds no water as CBN does not sell foreign exchange to individuals but banks. I don't know if we have a Garba Bank Plc. Anyway your line of reasoning explains why there was no appreciable progress in the country when your party held the reins of power
DeleteGo tell that to the dogs. if CBN does not sell Dollars to individuals, how do the forex finds its way to black market if not for racketteeers like the APC forex syndicates?
DeletePDP is throwing decorum to the winds by its latest antics of deliberate falsehoods. And to its supporters who are buying this story, it shows they are devoid of reasoning as CBN do not sell forex to individuals.
ReplyDeleteApologise to who? Like seriously you must be dreaming and somebody needs to wake you up.
ReplyDelete