{"id":116258,"date":"2025-02-05T19:24:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=116258"},"modified":"2025-02-05T19:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T18:24:40","slug":"i-stand-by-my-words-lets-meet-in-court-najaatu-dares-ribadu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/i-stand-by-my-words-lets-meet-in-court-najaatu-dares-ribadu\/","title":{"rendered":"I Stand By My Words, Let\u2019s Meet In Court, Naja\u2019atu Dares Ribadu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kano-based politician, Naja\u2019atu Mohammed, has responded to the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, challenging him to sue her if he wishes, saying she is prepared to meet him in court.<\/p>\n

\nThe outspoken politician made it clear that she would not retract her statement against Ribadu. She maintained that she merely reiterated what the NSA had said years ago about the corruption status of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu when the latter was the Governor of Lagos State.<\/div>\n
\nThe NSA, through his lawyer, Dr. Ahmed Raji (SAN), recently demanded a public apology and retraction from Naja\u2019atu over a TikTok video he described as malicious.<\/p>\n

In the video, Naja\u2019atu accused Ribadu of now serving in President Tinubu\u2019s government, despite having previously criticised him as \u201cthe most corrupt politician\u201d during his tenure as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).<\/p><\/div>\n

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Ribadu, however, insisted that he had never made such remarks, either publicly or privately.<\/p>\n

In a trending interview with a Hausa online platform, Naja\u2019atu dismissed the NSA\u2019s seven-day ultimatum to apologise and retract her statement, stating she was ready for a legal showdown.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cWhat did I do to him that I need to apologise? Have you ever seen where someone tells the truth and then retracts their comment? I stand by all I said. I\u2019m begging Nuhu Ribadu, by God, to take me to the highest court in Nigeria. Is it not Tinubu\u2019s court? Let him take me there. I stand by my words,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n
\nNaja\u2019atu asserted that Ribadu had openly made the same remarks she referenced.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I said was what Nuhu Ribadu himself said, and the comment is still on YouTube. Let those interested search for it. Nuhu Ribadu said with his own mouth when he was EFCC Chairman that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu was among the most corrupt individuals.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cHe also said that among the governors in Nigeria, Tinubu led in corruption. The comment is still there on YouTube. Therefore, I will not retract my statement because I only repeated what he once said.\u201d<\/div>\n
\nShe further questioned his current loyalty to President Tinubu.<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWhat is the lie here? That he is now prostrating for Tinubu? What is he doing as NSA? He is doing nothing other than instigating Tinubu just to remain in office. I have not retracted, and I will not retract. Let him take me to court. Let\u2019s meet in court,\u201d she said<\/p>\n

Naja\u2019atu argued that Ribadu\u2019s comments from years ago remained relevant.<\/p><\/div>\n

\n\u201cJust because the statement was made years back doesn\u2019t mean it should be forgotten. There\u2019s no difference between then and now. Has he retracted his comment against Tinubu? That\u2019s what we want to know. Did he lie against Tinubu when he mentioned Tinubu, Akume, and Orji Kalu?<\/div>\n
\n\u201cHe should be the one to come out and tell Nigerians whether he lied against them. I stand by what I said. Just because he made the comment in the past doesn\u2019t mean we should forget it. What has changed?\u201d she queried.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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