Jonathan disclaimed false accusations by mischief makers

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Jonathan disclaimed false accusations by mischief makers

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Former President Goodluck Jonathan has disclaimed an accusation of being a beneficiary of $200 million from the $1.3billion Malabu oil deal.This was revealed Tuesday by the Media Adviser to the former president, Ikechukwu Eze, who referred to the story put out by Buzzfeed as untrue.He said such information was the handiwork of those frightened by the high profile of Jonathan in the international community, and that it was a calculated attempt at tarnishing his image.“It is one more in the series of fake news sponsored by those threatened by Dr. Jonathan’s continuously rising profile in the international community.“Commonsense should have shown the purveyors of this slander that the Malabu oil deal far predated the Jonathan regime and it would only make sense for him to be bribed if he had a time machine to go back in time to when the deal was struck.” the former president’s spokesman said.Jonathan is of the opinion that the report, based on hearsay evidence, was from a source without a substance to support his false assertions.“The man quoted by the report said he ”˜assumed’ that Dr. Jonathan would be bribed.” He said.He also pondered how such claim is sufficient to disrepute a patriot and international statesman of his standing.The statement also read in part: “The report also wrongly claimed that ”˜Jonathan and Etete’ had known each other for years, according to Shell staff, when Jonathan served as a tutor to Etete’s children while he was a minister.”It also said the claim was obviously absurd and that it was far from the truth.“In the first place, the former President couldn’t have been a ”˜tutor’ to Etete’s children without first establishing a contact with the family. This is because Jonathan met Etete, who served as the Petroleum Minister in Gen. (Sani) Abacha’s military regime for the first time under the succeeding civilian administration, when he was already the deputy governor of Bayelsa State. Even then, the fact remains that ex-President Jonathan has never met any of Etete’s children.“Jonathan could not have been anybody’s private tutor during that period because he was already in the directorate cadre in the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Development Commission, (now NDDC), having already left the academics, at the time Etete was a serving minister.” He said.The recent accusation was on the heel of a publication stating Jonathan’s refusal of the British government’s assistance in rescuing the Chibok girls.The former president had already said the British Government had debunked the story.He also discredited another publication stating his interest for the 2019 election.“It is instructive that this same old fable apparently intended to rubbish Jonathan’s name locally and internationally is being recycled with more lies added to garnish the narrative, at a time the ex-President is making efforts to resolve the issues in the Peoples’ Democratic Party.“Again, let us point out for clarity and for the umpteenth time that while he was in office and now that he is out of office, former President Jonathan did not open and does not own any bank account, aircraft or real estate outside Nigeria. Anyone with contrary information is challenged to publicly publish same.” He said.

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