Reno Omokri, former aide of
ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has accused Suleiman Abba, a former
inspector-general of police, of lying against the Nigerian leader.
Omokri said this in response to
an interview Abba granted Daily Trust on Sunday.
The former number one police
officer had said he was pressurised by a top Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
member to rig Osun governorship election of 2014.
Abba also said the former
president showed him the way out because he refused to do the bidding of the
PDP.
But Omokri dismissed the
allegations, saying they do not reflect the situation on ground.
“My attention has been drawn to
recent comments by former Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, who
alleged that he was sacked by ex President Goodluck Jonathan because he refused
to rig elections in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party during the
gubernatorial elections in Osun State,” Omokri said in a statement.
“IGP Suleiman Abba is proof of
the fact that liars need a very good memory otherwise they would contradict
themselves with their lies.
“Let us examine some facts. The
Osun State gubernatorial election held on Saturday August 9, 2014. The results
of that election was declared the next day on Sunday, August 10, 2014.
“Mr Suleiman Abba claims to have
been sacked because he failed to rig that election for the Peoples Democratic
Party.
“However, Suleiman Abba was
appointed acting Inspector General of Police on Friday August 1, 2014 and
sacked from office on Monday April 20, 2015.
“If it was true that Mr Abba was
sacked for refusing to rig the Osun State election, which held on August 9,
2014, why would former President Jonathan wait for 7 and a half months before
sacking him?
“If it was true that Mr Abba was
sacked for refusing to rig the Osun State election, which held on August 9,
2014, why would former President Jonathan keep him in office to preside over
the Nigerian Police Force during the more important 2015 Presidential election
which was even more crucial to the then President and the PDP?”
“When juxtaposed with these
facts, the accusation of the former IGP of Police makes no sense to reasonable
men and women.”
Omokri said Jonathan relieved
Abba of his duty because of the death of the resident electoral commissioner of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Kano state where
President Muhammadu Buhari got the highest votes in 2015.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Mr
Suleiman Abba was sacked for dereliction of duty, because under his watch, the
Resident Electoral Commissioner of Kano State, Alhaji Mukaila Abdullahi, was
burnt to death with his wife and two children on Friday, April 3, 2015, under
suspicious circumstances after he had reported incidents of severe electoral
fraud in his domain,” Omokri said.
“When confronted with this
suspicious death, the then acting IGP of Police gave contradictory and
unsatisfactory answers. As a leader who valued the sanctity of human life,
former President Jonathan ordered the sack of the then acting IGP and appointed
Deputy Inspector General of police, Solomon Arase, to act in his stead and get
to the bottom of the suspicious death.
“I therefore urge Mr Abba to find
other ways to ingratiate himself to the current powers that be and leave former
President Jonathan out of his lying schemes and plans.”
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