MY SUPPORTERS DONATES VEHICHLES TO MY FOUNDATIOS, NOT ME..... MALAMI.
FROM : AYODELE AJOGE, BIRNIN-KEBBI.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami has described the rumor going around alleging that he bought exotic cars worth several millions of naira to APC Executives and delegates to the coming primary election of the party in Abuja as baseless, wicked and a calculative attempt to tarnish his image by his political enemies.
Malami while in an interactive session with journslists in his country home of Birnin-Kebbi stated that he never at any time orderd the purchase of any cars for State delegates or party Excos in the State as it was erroneously and mischiefously being rumored in the social medias and other public domain.
The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice explained that his suppoters were the ones who bought cars for some senior Staff of his foundations, the Khadi Malami Foundation and the Khadimiya for Justice and Social Development which he is the founders.
Meanwhile, in a press statements made available to Journalists shortly after the interactive session by the Minister's Director of Press and Public Affairs, Dr. Umar Gwandu quoted the Minister as someone with teeming supporters from home and beyond.
His supporters according to Dr. Gwandu did not only stop at mounting pressure on him to vie for Kebbi gubernatorial seat in the forthcoming election, but also contributed funds amounting to over N135m for the gubernatorial race.
He expressed that the donation of the money has opened doors for donations and supports of many items inclusing vehicles by the Minister's well-wishers.
Adding that, the story attributing to purchased of vehicle and it's distribution was mischievous, baseles, misconstrued and misinformation as well.
"You can contact the National Secretariat of the APC, get the lists of all the APC stakeholders and delegates in Kebbi State. Do an investigative story to reach out to them then you realised how fictitious the claim is". The statement read.
"Comparing the names of APC stakeholders and the beneficiaries of the vehicle will reveal to you that there is no connection between the two and the two are not connected whatsoever". The statement also disclosed.