He
dug out some financial accountability and transparency reports by Wikileaks on El-Rufai (a leader of the opposition Congress
for Progressive Change) to defend his statements.
Below are his tweets
Reno Omokri said, “By their fruits know them. 24hrs ago they were praising Gallup. When they saw this they were condemning Gallup.”
Below are his tweets
Reno Omokri said, “By their fruits know them. 24hrs ago they were praising Gallup. When they saw this they were condemning Gallup.”
“As
with Gallup as with Wikileaks. You praised it when it exposed others and
denounced it when it exposed you.”
“Went
to DC denouncing your own nation’s Supreme Court Justices on the basis of a
Wikileaks report.”
“A
month later you are denouncing same Wikileaks when their cable reported how
broke you were b4 govt and how rich you became after.”
“Don’t
mistake an individual’s desperate fight to return to the power he once wielded
as the people’s fight.”
“According
to Wikileaks some one was “homeless” before govt and fabulously wealthy after
tinyurl.com/c3olywg” (Below is the content of the link)
Contrary
to his scathing criticisms, former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory
(FCT) Mallam Nasir El-Rufai gave President Goodluck Jonathan a clean bill of
health on financial accountability and transparency on the international
front,a fresh report by Wikileaks has revealed.
In
a United States diplomatic cable just made public by the whistle blowing
organization, El-Rufai described President Jonathan as “ clean and honest”.
Details
of the confidential cable with reference 07ABUJA77, show that the controversial
politician gave the endorsement during an interactive session with the
erstwhile American Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr John Campbell, in the build-up to
the 2007 general elections.
Explaining
the rationale behind the emergence of late President Umaru Yar Adua and
Goodluck Jonathan as the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) candidates, El-Rufai
informed the ambassador that “they were the only two Governors that could have
cleared the EFCC hurdles”
The
cable further reported El-Rufai as stating that in the contest for the Vice
Presidency, “Governor Jonathan was the only candidate that met Obasanjo’s
guidelines- honesty and Ijaw”
These
disclosures are in sharp contrast to the virulent and disparaging attacks by
former minister on President Jonathan whom he is accusing of corruption,
profligacy and mismanagement of the nation’s resources.
In
one of his recent tirades against the President, El-Rufai alleged that he used
“crony capitalist and state funds – variously estimated at between 1 and 2
billion dollars to facilitate his election”
He
also accused Jonathan of “practically sharing out the nation’s savings account
to state governors, Party apparatchiks and traditional rulers to buy their
support for his presidential bid”
According
to the diplomatic cable, El-Rufai denied nursing any presidential ambition but
stated that his rumoured interest was only being advanced by his admirers
including Obasanjo.
“When
President Obasanjo called me to ask about my intention, I told him that I would
do it, but that I had not campaigned for the position” the report quoted
El-Rufai. It added that “According to El-Rufai, the president agreed with him
and told him that there were ‘other bridges’ to cross before EL-Rufai was ready
“
In
the report, The former Minister claimed to have known late President Yar Adua
for about 25 years and described him as an “odd fellow”.
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