Abati denies issuing statement on Chibok schoolgirls

Abuja - Presidential Spokesman Reuben Abati on Friday disowned a press
release from his e-mail account earlier which said that President Goodluck
Jonathan had revealed the location of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.
Abati in a statement issued in Abuja said that the press release was the
handiwork of fraudsters who hacked into his e-mail account to mislead the
public.
“All media organisations and persons on my mailing list should kindly
disregard the press release.”
“It was purportedly issued by me earlier today tilted, 'President Jonathan
Reveals Location of Chibok Girls and Exposes Boko Haram Masterminds’.”
“No such press release was written or circulated by me.”
“It is clearly the work of fraudsters who have hacked into my e-mail account
in an odious attempt to mislead the public at the expense of the credibility of
the Jonathan administration.”
“We totally condemn this criminal resort to political dirty tricks, which seeks
to cynically play on national concern and emotions about the Boko Haram
insurgency and fate of the abducted Chibok girls.”
“Aspects of the fraudulent press release such as its incoherence and invitation
to click on a link would have alerted discerning persons who are conversant
with the style and format
of my press statements to the possibility of skullduggery.”
“I find it necessary, however, to issue this disclaimer for the benefit of the
unwary,” he said.
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