Update: Ribadu clarifies donation of campaign office, 10 vehicles to President Buhari
The former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, has clarified the reported donation of 10 cars and campaign office he made to President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of 2019.
In a Twitter update on January 1, Ribadu explained that he only converted his governorship campaign machinery which included 10 vehicles and an office to boost the president's ambition.
"CLARIFICATION: What we did yesterday was to convert our governorship campaign machinery (offices & 10 vehicles) for the Muhammadu Buhari campaign.
"Most of those items were donated to my campaign last year," he said.
The report had quoted Ribadu as saying he was committed to mobilising Adamawa people with other stakeholders to ensure that President Buhari win in the state by landslide.
Ribadu made the commitment Monday, December 31, 2018, in Yola while inaugurating the vehicles donated by his support group, Black Cap Revolutionary Movement, for the mobilidation of voters in Adamawa.
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“Adamawa is 100 per cent for Buhari; we will make sure Buhari is re-elected, because he deserved it. “Let’s help Buhari so that he can continue to work for Nigeria,” Ribadu said.
Ribadu, who is the Director of Field Operation of Presidential Campaign Council of Buhari/Osibanjo, said Buhari would get double of what he got in 2015 in Adamawa.
“If Buhari won Adamawa by over 600,000 votes in 2015, by the grace of God we are going to give him over one million votes in 2019.”
He listed series of Federal government projects completed and ongoing in Adamawa, adding that the only way to reciprocate that was to vote Buhari again, massively.
Ribadu also lauded the ongoing fight against corruption by the Buhari administration, pointing out that over N400 billion had been recovered by EFCC.
“Under Buhari abled leadership, this country’s foreign reserve has risen to about 45 billion dollars.”
Meanwhile, as the 2019 general elections draw nearer, the minister of science and technology, Ogbonnaya Onu, has called on Ndigbo to support the re-election bid of the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Muhammadu Buhari.
The minister made the call on Sunday, December 30, adding that it is important for southeast to support Buhari for a second term in order to have a better chance of producing president in 2023, The Cable reports.
Legit.ng gathers that Ogbonnaya spoke at a stakeholders meeting held at his country home in Uburu, Ohaozara local government area of Ebonyi state.
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