The Presidency on Thursday rubbished the Mallam Nuhu Ribadu-led Report on Petroleum Special Task Force. It said the report was incomplete and incapable of indicting anyone.
At a press conference in Abuja, President Goodluck Jonathan’s Special Assistant to the President on Public Affairs, Dr. Doyin Okupe, based his criticism of the report on one of its paragraphs.
Okupe said the paragraph “is an obvious DISCLAIMER (emphasis his) issued by the committee on the entire report, makes it impossible under our laws to indict or punish anyone except, and until, the Federal Government fully verifies and reconciles the facts as recommended by the committee in its submission to the government.”
According to Okupe, the offending paragraph in the report says, “Due to the time frame of the assignment, some of the data used could not be independently verified and the task force recommends that the government should conduct such necessary verification and reconciliations.”
Okupe lambasted Ribadu for the politicisation of the report. He alleged that there was a major public disinformation campaign which, he said, was calculated to overheat the polity and incite Nigerians against the President because of the report.
Okupe said, “For instance on his Facebook page a while ago, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu remarked that he resisted overtures to make him compromise the report and rather than compromising the report, he stayed on the side of the Nigerian people.
“His claim of an overture to him to compromise the report is perfidious and false. We respectfully enjoin Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to be patriotic enough to name the proponents of this compromise.
“If Ribadu claims that to be serving on the committee he is on the side of the Nigeria people, on whose side is President Jonathan whose idea it was in the first place to set up the task Force and approved the appointment of Mallam Ribadu as chairman of the committee?”
When contacted, Ribadu said he was out of Abuja and would react appropriately when he returns.
According to Okupe, the offending paragraph in the report says, “Due to the time frame of the assignment, some of the data used could not be independently verified and the task force recommends that the government should conduct such necessary verification and reconciliations.”
Okupe lambasted Ribadu for the politicisation of the report. He alleged that there was a major public disinformation campaign which, he said, was calculated to overheat the polity and incite Nigerians against the President because of the report.
Okupe said, “For instance on his Facebook page a while ago, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu remarked that he resisted overtures to make him compromise the report and rather than compromising the report, he stayed on the side of the Nigerian people.
“His claim of an overture to him to compromise the report is perfidious and false. We respectfully enjoin Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to be patriotic enough to name the proponents of this compromise.
“If Ribadu claims that to be serving on the committee he is on the side of the Nigeria people, on whose side is President Jonathan whose idea it was in the first place to set up the task Force and approved the appointment of Mallam Ribadu as chairman of the committee?”
When contacted, Ribadu said he was out of Abuja and would react appropriately when he returns.
I BLAME RIBADU FOR TAKING THAT NONSENSE JOB
ReplyDeleteThat is good for Ribadu and that is Nigerian govt sys of fighting corruption
ReplyDeleteI knew they were going to mess this report up! What a bunch of corrupt Psychopaths!
ReplyDeleteNo wonder the moles they planted in the comittee were raising objections about Ribadus report,even b4 it was submitted.
Shame on these corrupt sketch balls,
Wish Ribadu will go back to EFCC and clean up these rotten fools.If Jonathan is honest abt fighting corruption,he should send Ribadu back as Chairman of eFCC and stop frustrating efforts to clean up d mess by his bunch of gangsters! They r dragging Nigeria down. Imagine,how can PHD holders be applying for driver position in Nigeria at Dangote transports? What a travesty! Ppl r being robbed daily and dehunaished by these political bandits and it is abt time Nigerians speak up with one voice against this menacing corruption! Damn it!!
Glad Ribadu held his hands on his nose and worked with these rotten fools.
They could not bribe hIm,fools!
that is good for ribadu for the first instants what make him take the job he chld have ask him self since the day our govement as been setup committe how many of it the govement take any action, its just propaganda to make nigerians mind and head too busy waiting for resort, am teeling you now in the next 2month another 1 will come up again eather probe panel or committe whatever, they jst want to divert us from checking on them and divert our jonalist from them manything happen in this nation our so call leaders are just 419 us that is truth
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Before,i was strongly behind GJE for better Nigeria,now i know that he is just passing by like previous leaders.Now i know what gave the two committe members courage to challenge Ribadu infront of mr President on the day of the roport submision.If He is not with them,they can't behave like that on that day.am disappointed even with 10s of millions of naira put into the committee just to arraive@nothing now as decleared by presidency.May God save and deliver Nigeria.
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ReplyDeleteBloody revolution to wipe these bastards corrupt looters away.
DeleteAll d president did was to take d whole nigeria for fool n stop d noise then, that was why d committe was setup, n proberly to pay up ribadu for coming to ACN, committe in nigeria is to steal more mny, nothing good as ever come from any committe, they planned all the things dat will happen, ow d two many will come public n lambast d report, all I use to see is d committee chairman talk when summiting report, y is dis one diffrent. Na only God fit save dis conutry. From d pples voice
ReplyDeleteGJE supposed 2 be a cancellor or local govt chairman, he is not capable of rulling a country @ all! He is notin but a disapointment 2 dis generation. Imagin a commander in chief of de arm forces dat is afraid of individuals, master of corruption shame on u coward president.
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