Dr. Jibril Lawal Tafida, Particular Adviser to the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has dismissed a viral doc circulating on social media alleging disagreement with some officers of the Nationwide Meeting.
He described it as a cast letter geared toward inflicting disaffection and tarnishing the picture of the Senate management.
The unsigned letter, dated November 22, 2025, was addressed to the Workplace of the President and contained allegations of corruption within the Nationwide Meeting, in addition to claims that the Senate President deserted Tafida throughout a private loss.
The doc has been broadly shared on-line.
In a disclaimer issued on Saturday and titled “DISCLAIMER ON A FABRICATED DOCUMENT CIRCULATING IN MY NAME”, Dr. Tafida stated he had nothing to do with the publication.
“My consideration has been drawn to a prolonged textual content circulating on media and on-line platforms, attributed to me and purporting to include allegations in opposition to the President of the Senate,” he stated.
“I state unequivocally and with out ambiguity that I didn’t write, creator, endorse, or authorize the stated doc in any type.
“The content material and allegations in that doc had been clearly crafted to sow confusion, injury reputations, and drag my identify into political mischief,” Tafida stated.
“Anybody who reads it rigorously will see it’s false. The Senate President will not be on the Nationwide Meeting Tenders Board and has no function in contracts or contract awards, so the claims of contract padding make no sense. From my brief time right here, I additionally know that your entire Nationwide Meeting advanced is owned and managed by the FCDA by means of its contractor, Laralex Nigeria Ltd. I fully reject the publication and distance myself from it.”
Tafida careworn that he nonetheless holds the Senate President in very excessive regard, each on a private degree and of their skilled dealings.
He stated their relationship has all the time been cordial, respectful, and constructed on cooperation and belief.
He added that he has by no means expressed or entertained any of the views contained within the circulated doc.
“It is a deliberate try to weaponise my identify so as to malign the management of the Senate and create disaffection the place none exists. I urge the general public, media organisations, political actors, and digital distributors to disregard, delete, retract, and desist from circulating it.
“I reaffirm my loyalty to the Workplace of the President of the Senate and the Senate as an entire. I stay dedicated to supporting the work of the Nationwide Meeting within the curiosity of nationwide stability, unity, and democratic progress,” the assertion learn.
