Reno Omokri, a former
presidential assistant on new media, has accused Vice President, Prof Yemi
Osinbajo of engaging paid “sources” to attack ex-President Gooduck Jonathan.
He said this in a statement he
issued on Monday.
Omokri said stories making the
round in the media accusing former President Jonathan of looting N100 billion
from the CBN and taking it directly to his house were false.
“Such a thing never happened. The
Presidency knows so which is why it circulated the story to various media
houses and refuse to attach its name preferring to say that the story came from
a ‘source’ in the Presidency.
“I can authoritatively say that
that source is no one other than the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo.
“These same story was leaked by
’sources’ almost word for word to several online media last year.
“Let me state that these
allegations are lies. More interestingly is the fact that it is because this
administration continues to make false allegations of financial
misappropriation to mislead the public by blackmailing political opponents that
caused the Egmont Group to suspend Nigeria.
“The suspension is soon to have a
very negative impact on Nigerian travelers who may soon find it very difficult
to use their Nigerian domiciled cards abroad.
“Now, Nigeria is on the verge of
being expelled from the Egmont Group precisely because of these types of
shenanigans by the current administration. If Nigeria is expelled, it will be a
great tragedy for our economy.
“It is a lie that N100 billion or
any other amounts of money was taking from the vaults of the Central Bank of
Nigeria and moved to former President Jonathan’s house and if Vice President
Osinbajo is sure of his claim, he should come out and make them instead of
hiding behind faceless ‘sources’.
“This latest round of fallacious
rumour mongering is nothing but the desperate last throes of a government that
came in through propaganda and is about to go out because of a lack of proper
agenda.
“The allegation is false and it
is precisely because they have no evidence to support this allegation that they
are using faceless third parties to spread this slur,” he said.
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