Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described the running mate to the All Progressives Congress Party (APC) governorship candidate in Lagos State, Mr. Obafemi Hamzat, as a blatant liar and a “Nobody” who in 2015 had neither a recognisable name nor political clout.
The former president’s reaction followed a claim by Hamzat that he rejected a $5million bribe from Jonathan during the 2015 elections.
In a statement sent to THISDAY and signed by his Media Adviser, Ikechukwu Eze, he said there is no better way to respond to the frivolous claim by Hamzat than to quickly dismiss it as a blatant lie apparently concocted by a wannabe politician desperate for votes in a campaign season.
According to the statement, Ezeh said: “This character is an obscure individual who in 2015 had neither a recognisable name nor political clout. The point has to be clearly made that former President Jonathan has never met this man who was obviously not relevant in the national politics of 2015, let alone seek to offer him bribe. “If the former President did not offer anyone bribe, having clearly acquitted himself as a man who does not believe in desperate politics, how on earth could he have sought to compromise an individual he didn’t even know and who obviously had no means of helping him politically?”
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