California based website, Celebritynetworth.com has failed to take
down a story it published which places President Goodluck Jonathan’s
financial net-worth at $100 million.
Here is a screenshot from
the website at time of posting:
Presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati said the list was
baseless and libelous in a statement published on his website yesterday.
He said, “We have noted with consternation the listing of
President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan by a website – RichestLifestyle.com –
as the sixth richest African President with an estimated net worth of $100
Million U.S. Dollars.
“The Presidency condemns the totally unwarranted inclusion of
President Jonathan in the publication titled “Africa’s Richest Presidents 2014”
as another attempt to unjustifiably portray the President as a corrupt leader
and incite public disaffection against him.
“We categorically assert that there is no factual basis for
ranking President Jonathan as the sixth richest African Head of State with a
net worth of about $100 Million U.S. Dollars.
“As is well known, President Jonathan has never been a businessman
or entrepreneur, but a life-long public servant. The President has held public
office since 1999 and has regularly declared his assets as required by Nigerian
laws. He has had no personal income since 1999 other than his official
remuneration as deputy governor, governor, vice president, acting president and
president which are matters of public record.
“There has been no significant variation in the totality of his
personal assets as contained in his last declaration to the Nigerian Code of
Conduct Bureau in 2011 which, as can be verified, was a very, very far cry from
the $100 million figure now being bandied about by Richest Lifestyle.com and
other irresponsible, copy-cat publications.”
His statement also threatened legal action. would be taken by the
Presidency, as it said, “The clear and unacceptable imputation of
the claim that President Jonathan is now worth about $100 Million is that the
President has corruptly enriched himself while in office which is certainly not
the case.
“We therefore demand a retraction and an unreserved apology from
Richest Lifestyle.com and all those who have reproduced the offensive article.
Otherwise, they should be prepared to substantiate their libelous
claims against the President in courts of law within and outside Nigeria.”
As at presstime, another
publication, RichestLifestyle.com had taken down the story.
Culled from
the herald
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