By Francis Ugwu A Nigerian investigative journalist, Jaafar Jaafar has knocked Ajuri Ngelale, ex-spokesman to President Bola Tinubu,...
By Francis Ugwu
A Nigerian investigative journalist, Jaafar Jaafar has
knocked Ajuri Ngelale, ex-spokesman to President Bola Tinubu, following his
resignation on Friday.
Jaafar said Ngelale is the first presidential spokesman
whose television face and ‘Oyibo’ accent earned him the plum job.
DAILY POST earlier reported that Tinubu’s ex-spokesman
announced his decision to take an indefinite leave of absence from his official
duties.
This was contained in a memo submitted to the Chief of Staff
to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, on Friday.
However, in a post on his X handle on Saturday, Jaafar
alleged that Tinubu brought Ngelale for cosmetic effect to smarten the President’s
geriatric outlook and guttural voice.
He said: “Ajuri Ngelale is the first presidential spokesman
whose television face and Oyibo accent — not PR or media expertise — earned him
the plum job. Tinubu’s family brought him for cosmetic effect to smarten the
president’s geriatric outlook and guttural voice. But soon afterwards, his
inflated sense of importance and domineering attitude put him at odds with
other powers around the president.”
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