Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, the Deputy Spokesperson of the Bola Tinubu/Kashim Shettima Presidential Campaign Council (PCC), on Wednesday lamented about the video she posted about Tinubu giving out bribe.
She said that the viral video of her principal giving money to a man during a town-hall meeting in Abuja on Monday, has been widely misinterpreted.
Reno Omokri, spokesperson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other members of the opposition had claimed that Tinubu was “caught red-handed sharing money to politicians” ahead of the 2023 presidential election.
On her part but Barr. Musawa, who filmed the moment and posted it on social media, said the clip “was a visual reflection of my principals’ compassion towards the needy”.
According to her, the elderly man who approached Tinubu, “was clearly in need”.
Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa @hanneymusawa tweeted: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21 2022 PRESS STATEMENT ON THE MISREPRESENTATION OF A HARMLESS VIDEO I, HANNATU MUSA MUSAWA, POSTED OF MY PRINCIPALS GIVING ALMS & CHARITY TO A POOR & DISABLED ELDERLY MAN“
Her full statement:
“My attention has been drawn to the dishonest, erroneous and incorrect narrative spun by unctuous, dissipated, debauched and desperate elements within the opposition to turn a perfectly innocent video I posted of a kind act I witnessed my Principals carrying out into something mendacious and devious.
“As I watch the negative chronicle being spun by the opposition Svengali’s, trying to enforce a specific negative narrative on the public, it is clear that the falsehood being spread stems from the devious imagination and wicked machinations of a desperate and self combusting opposition.
“I would have dismissed the musings as the rantings of an inconsequential opposition, however I am compelled to make this response because of innocent Nigerians that may be misled by such devious rhetoric.“
Copy of the statement:
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