Amid accusations against National Security Advisor, or NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, former Kaudna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has thrown his support behind Northern Star leader Naja’atu Muhammad.

According to reports, Mohammed said in a widely shared Tiktok video that Ribadu had criticized President Bola Tinubu and other prominent politicians currently in power while he was Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or EFCC.

He asserted that in 2007, while serving as the head of the anti-graft agency, Ribadu committed to thwarting Tinubu, George Akume of Benue State, and Orji Kalu of Abia State, the governors at the time.


But in a letter on Tuesday, the NSA refuted the accusation and called for Muhammad to issue a public apology and recant his statements.

Ribadu “has never maintained such a viewpoint” against any of the three politicians, according to the letter sent to Muhammad by Ahmed Raji, SAN, the NSA’s lawyer.

The Senior Advocate of Nigeria went on to say that “the harm caused to our client by your willful but foolish action is incalculable” and urged Muhammad “to furnish proof of your claims.”

In an attempt to address the issue, El-Rufai posted a screenshot of an old newspaper on his official Facebook page on Wednesday, capturing Mohammed’s assertion.

El-rufai asserted that “Najaatu’s statement is accurate” and that “Nuhu must have serious amnesia.”

“The Senate’s record of proceedings will confirm that Nuhu made those statements, sometime in 2006,” the former governor asserted.

The main points of the statements are reiterated in the February 2007 Daily Trust report that follows.

“The accusations are contained in the Federal Executive Council’s 2006 conclusions, which can be subpoenaed from the SGF’s office’s Cabinet Secretariat.

Sometime in 2006, Nuhu’s EFCC made identical presentations charging numerous current officials at that Special FEC meeting where I was a member.

All doubts will be further dispelled by these Council Conclusions.

“This is for the record and to remind the morally lenient that silence is no longer golden at some point in our national life.”