In a resurfaced 2011 video, Naja’atu Muhammad endorsed Nuhu Ribadu for president, citing his integrity over ethnic or religious affiliationsThis comes after Muhammad recently accused Ribadu, the now National Security Adviser (NSA), of hypocrisy for serving in President Tinubu’s administration despite previously criticizing himInterestingly, Ribadu, through his lawyer, had demanded a retraction and public apology, from Muhammad, insisting the claims are false and damaging, however, she refused and challenged him to take legal action
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A 2011 video of how Naja’atu Muhammad reportedly endorsed and campaigned for Nuhu Ribadu for president has resurfaced in the polity.
The video was shared on X by an X user identified as Oguntoye Opeyemi.
“May God, the giver of power to whom he pleases, make Ribadu the president of Nigeria…”
“We are picking Ribadu not because he is Hausa-Fulani, not because he is a Muslim, but because he is a man of integrity.” the leader of the Northern Star Youth Initiative, Naja’atu Muhammad, declared in a viral video, her voice ringing out loud to a gathering who erupted in a chorus of ‘Amen.’
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From the video footage as reported by Daily Trust on Saturday, February 8, “seated beside her, his hands clapping and face beaming in ecstasy, Nuhu Ribadu was perhaps moved by her heartfelt endorsement of his presidential bid in 2011 under the Action Congress.”
In 2011, Muhammad also reportedly faulted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) government for its inability to address major concerns of Nigerians, claiming it was time to stop grumbling and act.
“Since 1999, more people have died in this country under the PDP than the civil war. They have died, they have been killed; they have been killed in senseless religious riots, in senseless road accidents, in senseless curable diseases. Wake up! Wake up!
“And the youths of this country, you constitute 80% of the population of this country, and you sit and you grumble! If you grumble, you are either a coward or you are a hypocrite. Go out and speak it out. It is our time. It is our turn.
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“What they are telling us now is that Jonathan has good luck. What did he do? What did he do to be the Vice President? Nothing! Opportunism. What did he do to be deputy governor? Nothing! What did he do to become governor? His governor was impeached. Good luck for him, bad luck for Nigeria. Yes, it is bad luck for Nigeria because it is the only credential he has.
“…And for our so-called northern elders, they have ruled this country for 37 years or 50 years. They don’t have anything to show.”
Daily Trust maintained that this (the above assertion) was how Naja’atu Muhammad campaigned for Nuhu Ribadu back in 2011 when he ran for the office of the president under the platform of the Action Congress (AC).
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Recently, Muhammad, in a Tik Tok video, accused the NSA of serving in Tinubu’s government despite castigating him when was the chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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But reacting to the video, Ribadu had demanded public apology and retraction from Muhammad for lying against him.
However, Muhammad dismissed the ultimatum and dared the NSA to drag her to court.
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