Ribadu/Naja’atu row: El-Rufai shouldn’t have intervened, says group

The Joint Action Movement of Nigeria (JAMN) has tackled former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for wading into the dispute between National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad, a former Commissioner at the Police Service Commission (PSC). Ribadu had demanded public apology and retraction from Muhammad whom he accused of lying against him […]

The Joint Action Movement of Nigeria (JAMN) has tackled former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, for wading into the dispute between National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, and Hajia Naja’atu Muhammad, a former Commissioner at the Police Service Commission (PSC).

Ribadu had demanded public apology and retraction from Muhammad whom he accused of lying against him in a Tik Tok video.

In the Tiktok video, Hajia Muhammad accused the NSA of serving in President Bola Tinubu’s government, whom he castigated when he was the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

But in a letter through his lawyer, Dr Ahmed Raji, SAN, the NSA said publicly or privately, he has never maintained such viewpoint.

He said the damage that had been done as a result of the Tiktok video was unquantifiable.

Maintaining her stance, Muhammad said she had no reason to tender any apology as the records were there.

On his part, El-Rufai defended Muhammad, taunting Ribadu by saying, “Nuhu must have serious amnesia.”

Weighing in, JAMN in a statement by Lawal Sani Ningi, its Chairman and Deborah Kantiok, its Secretary, said El-Rufai’s intervention is particularly alarming given the backdrop of his own legal troubles.

The statement read in part: “His attempts to position himself as a moral authority or defender of any group should be treated with skepticism, given his demonstrable lack of credibility and the weight of his past actions.

“The Joint Action Movement of Nigeria urges the public to critically assess El-Rufai’s pronouncements, viewing them not as insightful analysis but as the desperate cries of a discredited figure clinging to irrelevance.

“We call upon the citizens of Nigeria to focus on substantive issues and engage in discourse that is grounded in truth and accountability, unburdened by the noise of self-serving rhetoric.

“The future of our nation demands leaders who prioritize integrity and responsibility over personal ambition.”