The Special Adviser to President Goodluck Jonathan on Media
& Publicity, Reuben Abati, said on Friday that he did not send any press
release titled ”President Jonathan Reveals Location Of Chibok Girls And Exposes
Boko Haram Masterminds”.
Mr. Abati said the statement making the rounds did not emanate from his office and that his email was hacked.
Read his full statement
below:
“All media organisations and persons on my mailing list should kindly
disregard the press release purportedly issued by me earlier today titled:
PRESIDENT JONATHAN REVEALS LOCATION OF CHIBOK GIRLS AND EXPOSES BOKO HARAM
MASTERMINDS.
“No such press release was written or circulated by me. It is
clearly the work of fraudsters who have hacked into my email account in an
odious attempt to mislead the public at the expense of the credibility of the
Jonathan Administration.
“We totally condemn this criminal resort to political
dirty tricks which seeks to cynically play on national concern and emotions
about the Boko Haram insurgency and fate of the abducted Chibok girls.
“Aspects
of the fraudulent press release, such as its incoherence and invitation to
click on a link, would have alerted discerning persons who are conversant with
the style and format of my press statements to the possibility of skulduggery.
“I find it necessary, however, to issue this disclaimer for the benefit of the
unwary”.
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