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Sunday 19 April 2015

Reuben Abati responds to Punch Story - 'Jonathan demands N2trn election funds refund, audit'

The Presidential Spokesman has officially responded on behalf of the office of the president. Find it below...
The front-page story of the Sunday Punch of April 19 alleging that the Presidency spent a whopping N2 trillion on the 2015 General elections, and that a Committee of Five has been set up by President Jonathan to conduct an audit of how the funds were disbursed by party members and state officials is mischievous, false and embarrassing.
The President has not set up any committee as alleged in that story. It is also not true that the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party used state funds, or spent N2 trillion during the campaigns. The innuendoes are wrong-headed; the motives behind the story are suspicious.
The story alleges, for example, that the Presidency spent N2trillion on elections and embarked on a money-sharing spree to party

members, support groups and state officials. The authors of the story and their self-appointed megaphones further insinuate that public funds were deployed in this regard. Their allegation of a theft of public funds is extremely malicious.
How much is the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria? The annual budget of the Federal Government is a little over N4 trillion.
The story is practically suggesting that half of the federal budget was spent on elections. This kind of reckless insinuation is meant to incite the public and instigate national crisis.
With FAAC having to do everything possible every month to ensure disbursements and with the Federal Government heavily committed to the war against terror in the North East, where is the alleged N2 trillion from the Federal purse?

President Jonathan and the People’s Democratic Party conducted the 2015 elections in strict accordance with the rule of law. The suggestion of any unlawful conduct cannot be sustained under any circumstances.

President Jonathan has done his best to protect and strengthen democracy and promote peace.
He justly deserves all the accolades that he has received from both Nigerians and the
international community for this. Certain persons and interest groups may not be happy that his profile has further risen and that his legacy is assured; but they do their country gross disservice when they act so unpatriotically.

Anyone who is engaged in imposing a crisis on the country by any means is not being fair to Nigeria. We can only appeal to the public to be wary of such reckless tactics now on display, which form the substance of an odd, malicious campaign after the elections.
We are particularly worried that since the March 28 and April 11 elections, some persons have continued to work very hard to diminish the Jonathan Presidency. They need to be reminded that the time for politics is over; it is now time to focus on the in-coming government, with emphasis on national development and moving the country forward.

Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
April 19, 2015

99 comments:

AbokiDaWarriBoy said...

Sweet nonsense, the breeze is flowing fast $ we shall all see d anus of d shameless cocks!

Unknown said...

Seen

Unknown said...

All I read from this is double speak. The truth will out sooner or later.

Unknown said...

Punch ndi isi nkuka...takienu time oh

Unknown said...

We know the campaign took a whooping amount of money, INEC needs to investigate these allegations and counter allegations

Anonymous said...

Hmmmm... God save my beloved country 4m d hands of ds looters.

Unknown said...

Indeed "The innuendoes are wrong-headed; the motives behind the story are suspicious".

Unknown said...

Gbam, tell them ooo...u people should just leave JONA alone ooo...and yes he remains my HERO..

Anonymous said...

He should please respond to the issues ongoing in SA,

Anonymous said...

This is serious

Anonymous said...

Focus on otueke Mr Jonah olorun, o sun eja gbeje, o sun obo ki cigar bondi

Unknown said...

Never believed it though.

Unknown said...

the Punch, APCriminals, ThiefNuBu and all his bitch ass blind supporters can go fuck themselves... especially sahara no sensible reporters.. you all should go and die... GEJ is Nigeria's greatest President and will forever be remembered unlike most of u haters who will die painful and mysterious deaths for plotting, lying and instigating rubbish against God's own anointed.. #GEJmyHERO and forever he is...

Unknown said...

Too long jare.not intrested

Anonymous said...

So u admit that there was plenty of politics being played. Well,there is no how Jonathan didn't spend more than 100billion for that election

Unknown said...

Right from onset I new that it was a propaganda to tarnished the image of my hero president good luck abele Johnathan, buh my question now is what exactly do APC want, they ve won the presidential election isn't that enough? Lest's see what Buhari has to over,#THAT AKWA IBOM BOY#

Anonymous said...

Yawn Reuben.

yumyum said...

missionImpossible!IgboBorn!

OSINANL said...

Punch with their fake stories. ..

Anonymous said...

Nigerian budget hasn't been implemented, and the first quarter of the year is gone. You thieves have used half the budget for campaign. Sue Punch if their story is false na, we know you can't cos it's the truth.

Anonymous said...

What a sad treatment GEJ got and is getting from some Nigerians...coincidentally the first Election since Blogging and Social media emerge...Jonathan fell scapegoat to the APC as they snatched d media ...even out of office and after choosing not to Rig d Elections,this type of story is sad

Chrisso said...

I so much believe Punch News Papers story that Jona spent N2trn on Campaigns. Afterall I got a GEJ/Sambo branded Nokia Phone from PDP during the presidential election.

Spontaneous. said...

Toh

Anonymous said...

So how much did he spend or he didn't spend money at all? A fool at your age is a fool forever, Reuben Abati.

Karlsson said...

Punch newspaper is so disgusting with their baseless accusations n blatant lies from the pit of hell.
Ubanagum

ANYA IKENGA said...

Forget this explanation and just sue punch newspapers. We do not know what to believe again.

Unknown said...

Well. Az alwayz, Z will quote from one of the Greatest Statesmen that ever liveth 'Otto Von Bismark who posited that "Never believe anything in Politicz untill it haz been officially denied"
Hope he iz wrong this time around.

Tayo said...

So how much did he spend or he didn't spend money at all? A fool at your age is a fool forever, Reuben Abati.

Unknown said...

I knw Abati, ffk or any of dem wl come out n denial it, u pple spent #1.06trillion on election. We knw as e dey go mr Abati, dat Nigerians kept quiet doesn't make us daft or dumb @ll. Sha pack ur stuffs n comot 4 der fast. Yeye pple

Unknown said...

I knw Abati, ffk or any of dem wl come out n denial it, u pple spent #1.06trillion on election. We knw as e dey go mr Abati, dat Nigerians kept quiet doesn't make us daft or dumb @ll. Sha pack ur stuffs n comot 4 der fast. Yeye pple

Unknown said...

If d news on Sunday Punch is fake, y not sue d media?? The 3 cardinal point in Journalism are; Balance, Fairness and Objectivity. The Punch is a very big and well read media org who should kw d implication of publishing fake rumour. I don't believe Rueben on diz, if it's fake; let d presidency demand a well published apology and deir reason 4 d malicious publication else dey sue d Publisher 2 court. Until diz is done, d news remain Correct and objective 2 me.

Unknown said...

Kirikiri Tins smelling. I trust said baba

Manuel Kunmi said...

Alright alright next

Anonymous said...

Don't worry sir. Don't loose a minutes' sleep over that. We know its a campain of calumny from APC. Their propanganda machinery yet at work. We are conversant with it now. When I saw that piece, I knew it was a lie from the pit of hell. They've rigged and won, let's see what becomes of the so called change they professed and keep professing. Let's see what good that can come from 'Egypt' where kleptomaniacs like Thiefnubu, Amaechi,Atiku,Saraki,OBJ, etc are in charge. I just hope that GMB will have the will to put these rogues on check and put them where they belong which is behind bars. Par adventure GMB fails to that, well, the consequences I'm sure will be worse than IBB and Abacha's years of collosal waste put together. God bless Nigeria. Atu Decency signs off.

Unknown said...

This is d reason GEJ is happy hebis leaving office,he will av peace now

Bryan said...

Please even if the President didn't spend this amount for the campaign, stop deceiving people about our budget being just 4 trillion when you know that more than 3 times that amount is not remitted into the federation account. For instance, is the billions of Naira for pipeline protection contract given to ex militants covered by the budget? We need to come clean and remit every money from NPA, stolen crude, illegal mining etc to the federation account for the benefit of every Nigerian

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

Nah wah o

eka said...

hmm
political drama...

Unknown said...

Ngwanu naija get money oo

Unknown said...

I said it........They must come and tell Us its all a lie....



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Unknown said...

In every rumour there is a truth shut the fuck up and stop giving long sermons.

Unknown said...

I sensed malice and blatant lies against Gej but if the story is true, Gej goodbye. Its obviously lies










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Anonymous said...

I pity gullible Nigerians who have been fooled by APC and its well orchestrated propaganda into voting them to power. APC is a congregation of deceivers,liars,charlattans, hypocrites and kleptomaniacs. If only Nigerians could see beyond their lies,deceits and hyporisies. I'm sorry for this country. I'm sorry especially for GMB who may mean well but who has no power in democracy as in military to do certain things, but whose name the rogues in APC will drag in the mud. Its unfortunate because its him Nigerians will hold responsible at the end of the day for the buck stops at his table. Atu-Decency signs off.

Anonymous said...

They used lies to bring his government down, but it is clear they are running out of more lies,i pity Nigeria.

Anonymous said...

Hmmm......Only God knows the Truth....

Subomi said...

ok.. Initially I did not believe 2Tri was spent but now I am beginning to have a rethink, Ruben may think he is being smart with this press release but this same response him and GEJ gives when asked about money is like calling the public 'stupid' whats the meaning of ''How much is the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria? The annual budget of the Federal Government is a little over N4 trillion'' same way when GEJ was asked about the missing money Sanusi raised, he said "... how much is our budget" as if our annual budget dictates how much could be stolen or embezzled. This press release further highlight the ignorance or
intentional wackiness of the schemes and tactics employed by these set of dogs GEJ employed, no figures were given, no accountability, no reference to a rough idea how much was spent by PDP, no mention of how funds were disbursed, nothing concrete, just a straight defense of the accusation and a call for people to disregard the punch publication. Ruben shame on you, I use to have a lot of respect for him when he wrote for Guardian newspaper. Pack your bags and move!!! sick of you

Unknown said...

Reuben u most be stupid for sayin dis,did u think Nigerians are fool?where did u ppl get d money u share from?may be u'r not good in calculation but we du ok..dont worry ur assignment will soon be over and u will all land in jail...wwbwb

Traveller said...

Reuben Abati you are further exposing yourself and your evil deeds together with your collaborators...all the money you siphoned during the administration of GEJ and the additional money you spent during the election period through your cash hand outs and bags of rice to the people you left in penury must be accounted for and you and your cohorts must pay for it dead or alive,

Unknown said...

Oga nobody is talking about politricks here! We are talking about N2 trillion, you guys should the refund it or find your ass in kirikiri come June. SIMPLE

Anonymous said...

Am sure d likes of ffk will like this news now. Cos it looks like the money don enter voice mail now since presidency av denied it. They can't go after them with boldness now. What a waste of resources

Anonymous said...

These guys are simply criminals. So now they know election is over. Alas they've forgotten their style of campaign and are now crying foul. They better be aware it's members of their cronies that are now leaking the secrets of their private meetings, per adventure they could gain some 'favours' from the incoming administration. I trust that if these ascertions were blatant lies, Punch newspaper would have been sued straight away, instead the PDP now suddenly and strangely want to play it the gentleman's way, and thus asking the public to just disregard the (leaked) information as 'work of mischievious elements'. The PDP has to account for all their attrocities against the law. Their judgement day is drawing close.

iyke cindy said...

If dis is so,where did punch or whoeva it is dat did d publication get d story frm??abeg enuf of election wahala...lets focus on movin our dear country 4ward.

knowurway.com said...

Are you going to say the truth before Reuben?

Anonymous said...

@AbokiDaWarriFool u better shut up ur chicken head mouth. Idiot lik u dat fool himsef on dis blog.

Anonymous said...

Monkey lik u dat reason wit his anus@AbokiDawariidiot

Unknown said...

Definitely I concur wit dis words "Certain persons and interest groups may not be happy that his profile has further risen and that his legacy is assured".

Anonymous said...

You igbo's just keep clutching at straws to maintain the "hero" image. Why spend so much on campaign if he knew he would be happy leaving? Why did he bother contesting if he was tired of being in office?

Anonymous said...

Comments like this is what actually cost GEJ the election. I think whoever is writing speeches for them at the villa should be sack. When GEJ was asked about Soludo's claim, He said ' he asked Ngozi what her college at the world bank said n she replied that they just laugh. when GEJ was asked about sanusi's claim, he said how much is the country's budget... Now Agbati is using the same method by asking 'How much is Nigeria budget.... Maybe they think we are fools.

Anonymous said...

I am 100% sure you are corrupt that's why

Anonymous said...

U're a fool if Gej is ur greatest president. U must be brainless, tactless n clueless. Everybody knows he was corrupt cos he had corrupt Pple arnd him. Come here n be talkin trash

Anonymous said...

Pls help me ask

Anonymous said...

Dirty hero. If u like call him hero from now till weneva, he lost the election and his government has a bad reputation.

FIRST LADY B said...

Help him sue them,oloshi

Unknown said...

Oga Doyiin Akuko your response/denial does not sound convincing. No be PDP, na today? I believe more damning revelations are yet to come. Oxford dictionary has to redefine the pervasive greed associated with this party of yours. You go work tire before 29th of May, I tell you.

NaijaDeltaBabe said...

Whatever is dere? Cos me o, I dinor read it

Anonymous said...

David if e pain you, find a spot inside lagoon and dive!

Unknown said...

Please stop wasting your time to tarnish the image of our president,GEJ.who God has blessesd no man can curse.some people thought removing him from office he is finished but they don.t. Know they. Have succeeded in making him more influential. In the world.GEJ,he will continue to soar greater height in life.

Anonymous said...

I hope you said the same thing when FFK was smearing lies about Buhari and when Fayose using punch was wishing him dead during campaign instead of doing policy based campaign.

Anonymous said...

Bless your heart 4 these comments. Sue them instead of responding.

Anonymous said...

Same as your father

Anonymous said...

Fool!
how much did your illiterate Baba and his cohort spend?

TAMARA SPLASH said...

Looters

Anonymous said...

Whether you keep quiet or not, I know you are dumb and nothing can change it.
Senseless woman!

Anonymous said...

Can anything call truth ever come out of this man's mouth? Am not surprised, this is not the first time we are used to his lies. Shameless.

Unknown said...

Same here.

Roche said...

Why won't I believe when Mike Adenuga alone contributed over N5B for your campaign....
Imagine how much Otedola,Dangote,Jim Ovia,Arthur Eze,Elumelu,Akpabio...Just to mention a few all contributed.
Please don't bambuzzle us with how much is the Nigerian Budget because some of the monies are from private Individuals,stolen crude monies that will never be accounted for.

Roche said...

Why won't I believe when Mike Adenuga alone contributed over N5B for your campaign....
Imagine how much Otedola,Dangote,Jim Ovia,Arthur Eze,Elumelu,Akpabio...Just to mention a few all contributed.
Please don't bambuzzle us with how much is the Nigerian Budget because some of the monies are from private Individuals,stolen crude monies that will never be accounted for.

ary said...

That won't get detractors off his back. GEJ's government does have a lot to answer for though.

Anonymous said...

Campaign after election;see of the thieves that's talking,Nigeria is bigger than all of u n only God is stronger than u all.shameless old thieves nothing for all of u in this country never again.FOOLS

Anonymous said...

We all knew jona u re surrounding wt betrayers so definitely one of u leaked ur secrets.God punish u all n more disgrace shall be all of ur portion.

Anonymous said...

We all knew jona u re surrounding wt betrayers so definitely one of u leaked ur secrets.God punish u all n more disgrace shall be all of ur portion.

Anonymous said...

We all knew jona u re surrounding wt betrayers so definitely one of u leaked ur secrets.God punish u all n more disgrace shall be all of ur portion.

Anonymous said...

We all knew jona u re surrounding wt betrayers so definitely one of u leaked ur secrets.God punish u all n more disgrace shall be all of ur portion.

King Jaja said...

"President Jonathan and the People’s Democratic Party conducted the 2015 elections in strict accordance with the rule of law." Hmmmmn, Mr Ruben don't go that far abeg even dogs know that this is not true, a lot o f the fund spent during election was from national treasury. whether it is 2 trillion or not is what we are not sure of but definitely a lot of money was squander on the elections.

Ofilispeaks.com said...

Abi did APC not spend money in the election...smh

Chigo said...

@ Subomi,Thanks for noticing dat too. I wonder why they like fooling us with dat their provoking comment "How much is the budget of the Federal Government of Nigeria" As if Nigeria dont make more than that amount. Even as an individual, ones annual budget can never be d person's annual income. Only d NPA can get dat said amount on or b4 4 months talk more of in a year, they should pls stop provoking one with such comment.

michael said...

well,elections in nigeria are expensive.winning a senatorial seat in lagos alone u need 2 spend around 1bn naira according to an ex senator.but i think gej can clear d air by telling us how much he spent.

ASAMPOKOTO said...

I really don't think people realise what 2 trillion is.
The way the media throws figures around, If all the money they claimed has been embezzled were true, nigeria would have been a sinking ship. It's really and truely common sense

ASAMPOKOTO said...

How is jonathan even supposed to work or tackle the SA problem if they keep distracting him with stupid baseless accusations that stay lacking physical evidence. I tire oh!

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Sahara reporters are the most biased useless source ever. Can't take them seriously

ASAMPOKOTO said...

My people perish for they lack knowledge

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Do you know that INDVIDUALS could also have sponsored his campaign?

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Too sad. I said it and I'll keep saying it. That man was the Jesus of Nigeria. Wait till it all unravels

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Anon 12:43 you sound stupid. I was actually going to attempt to respond but by the time I got to the end, I decided you were a lost cause. ' why spend so much if he knew he would be happy leaving' <- dissect that statement. Does it make sense to you?

ASAMPOKOTO said...

True. Funny i actually believe he can fight corruption but not with that team or under apc and after his past behaviour and utterances. Him and jona would have been a great team tbh! They are both surrounded by Devils. I prefer Pdp sha

ASAMPOKOTO said...

God bless you

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Lol! Their money want govt money though. I hate apc but this comment was funny. Lol lol

Anonymous said...

All of una dey drink panadol for another man matter, even if him spend such money, some of them come from private donors not like the said p-ele when dey fight fire with fire I pity am let's see how its all end up

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