{"id":6765,"date":"2025-06-08T10:41:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2025-06-08T10:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T10:41:36","slug":"reuben-abati-speaks-on-begging-wike-for-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/06\/08\/reuben-abati-speaks-on-begging-wike-for-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Reuben Abati Speaks On Begging Wike For Money,"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A former presidential media aide, Reuben Abati, has hit back at Lere Olayinka, a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.<\/p>\n

Olayinka, appearing on the Arise News\u2019 breakfast programme, \u2018The Morning Show\u2019, on\u00a0Friday, made several allegations.<\/p>\n

One of the claims \u00a0Wike\u2019s media aide,\u00a0Lere Olayinka<\/strong>, had claimed Abati, alongside his wife, had begged the former Rivers State Governor for money to settle a case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

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\u201cI have never approached Minister Nyesom Wike to beg for money \u2013 that is a lie.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anyone, including an ex-partner, went to him under false pretences to solicit funds in my name, I place a clear disclaimer.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch actions were not authorised by me, and Minister Wike reserves every right to call it out as fraud,\u201d Abati said in a statement posted on social media on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Addressing another allegation, Abati insisted that he was never asked by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to return any money.<\/p>\n

Abati claimed that the EFCC under former chairman Ibrahim Magu apologised to him over the issue.<\/p>\n

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A former presidential media aide, Reuben Abati, has hit back at Lere Olayinka, a media aide to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike. Olayinka, appearing on the Arise News\u2019 breakfast programme,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t