{"id":21042,"date":"2013-12-20T16:29:22","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=21042"},"modified":"2013-12-20T16:29:22","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T15:29:22","slug":"sambo-to-el-rufai-youre-accidental-politician-public-servant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sambo-to-el-rufai-youre-accidental-politician-public-servant\/","title":{"rendered":"Sambo To el-Rufai: You\u2019re Accidental Politician, Public Servant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Vice President Namadi Sambo yesterday described the allegation by former FCT minister, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai that the VP barred him from speaking at late Governor Patrick Yakowa\u2019s one year anniversary lecture as the cacophony of an accidental politician and public servant.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Specifically, El-Rufai had accused Sambo of being the one who barred him from praising the late Kaduna State governor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But speaking through his senior special assistant on media and publicity, Alhaji Umar Sani, the Vice President urged President Goodluck Jonathan \u201cto disregard the comments of El-Rufai as they were made in bad faith\u201d, adding that it was the usual \u201cpublicity stunt to attract attention to a non-issue to score cheap political points\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sambo wondered why the name of someone who was invited by the late Yakowa\u2019s family to speak at the lecture was conspicuously missing in the programme.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe believe that this is the cacophony and the ranting of an accidental politician who savours the joy of echoing directionless vituperations at responsible citizens. We believe the idea was to embark on a wild goose chase aiming to attack the presidency for political expediency. 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