Presidential spokesperson, Garba Shehu, threatens lawsuit over allegedforex claim

The Senior Special Assistant to president Muhammadu Buhari on media and publicity, Garba Shehu, has reacted to a post by a twitter handle —

@PDPNigeria — believed to be owned by the opposition party People’s Democratic Party, which accused him of buying 800,000 United States Dollars from the Central Bank of Nigeria at official rate, and selling it off the same day.

Responding on his twitter handle @GarShehu  today, Mr. Shehu denied being a FOREX trader, saying, “The day I choose to start trading in FOREX I will resign as a presidential spokesman.

He added, “If I know the coward and psychopath behind the official @PDPNigeria handle, I will launch a defamation suit against him/her.”

Read the full tweets, @GarShehu

1. It is a lie by @PDPNigeria to say I bought USD worth 800,000 from the CBN. I had only two FOREX purchases since coming into government.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) March 26, 2016

2. Amounting to Eight Thousand Dollars (USD 8,000) sent to  my daughter and nephews through UBA. This is verifiable.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) March 26, 2016

3. I'm not a FOREX trader. The day I choose to start trading in FOREX I will resign as a Presidential spokesman.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) March 26, 2016

4. If I know the coward and psychopath behind the official @PDPNigeriahandle, I will launch a defamation suit against him/her.

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) March 26, 2016

5. And I will claim money in millions as damages!

— Garba Shehu (@GarShehu) March 26, 2016