A coalition of Civil Society Organisations on the platform of the Northern Youth Initiative for Peace and Good Governance (NYIPGG), has asked Nigerians to ignore the allegations by one Jackson Ude against some prominent Nigerians, describing him as an attention-seeking person.
Ude had raised different allegations against some persons around President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, recently which include the chief of staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, the son of the president, Seyi Tinubu, and a former APC presidential aspirant and philanthropist, Mr Tein Jack Rich.
In a statement released yesterday in Abuja, the convener of the Northern group, Alhaji Umar Faruk Lawal, warned Jackson Ude to desist from raising baseless allegations against prominent Nigerians, who had worked to build their reputation.
While describing the allegations against Gbajabiamila, Jack Rich and Seyi Tinubu as baseless and lies, the group threatened not to allow such propaganda go scot-free next time Ude raises any without strong evidence.
The statement reads: “Following the baseless allegation made by one attention seeking political bigot Jackson Ude on some prominent Nigerians, namely; Jack Rich, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and Mr Seyi Tinubu. We are compelled as patriots in nation building and agents of Nigeria’s prosperity to make this statement for the sake of enlightening the general public.
“Without mincing words, we wish to unequivocally state that the allegation by Ude on these prominent Nigerians is not only baseless but an attempt to tarnish the hard-earned images of these persons who have played a vital role towards the victory of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in the 2023 general election.
“Jackson Ude’s accusation on Mr Seyi Tinubu of having affairs with Mrs Elizabeth Jack-Rich, is not only untrue but laughable. If Ude does not see immorality and harm in sleeping with married women, Mr Seyi Tinubu, a well brought up Yoruba man and a devoted Christian, knows it is a sacrilege to have affairs with a married person let alone a 6-month pregnant woman for that matter.
“Mr. Seyi Tinubu who has 65 percent women working with him before, during and even after elections never see reason to sleep with any, it will now be a married woman as such we see Mr. Ude as a desperate attention seeking person looking for every means of popularity.
“The interloper also claimed that Mr Jack Rich offered a sum of 500 million Naira to Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila to influence his appointment as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We wish to state that this allegations by Ude are an exercise in futility, as those who are ahead of him in the game of image denting and laundering have attempted to do the same in time past but were met with stiffer resistance.
“We wish to issue a stern warning to Mr Jackson Ude, to desist from further spreading propaganda and lies on these persons or face the wrath of his action by us, we will no longer fold our arms and watch him dishing fake information to the public in the name of investigative journalism.”
The pro-democracy Northern organisation described Mr Jack Rich as a philanthropist, who has offered means of livelihood and brought hope to the less privileged and downtrodden Nigerians across the nooks and crannies of Nigeria.
