– Banky Replies, Threatens To Sue

A Nigerian lady, who goes by the name Shalom Miriam Shehu on twitter, has claimed that singer and House of Representative aspirant, Banky W collected the sum of N57 million to run adverts for President Muhammadu Buhari.

In her series of tweets released, she claimed she had evidence of the transaction between Mr Bankole Wellington, who is contesting for House of Representatives under Modern Democratic Party, and the campaign organization of President Muhammadu Buhari.

She tweeted: “Mr. Wellington, come out and support Buhari with your chest. You can’t be doing this non-partisan shit forever.

“Your EME Company you converted to PR firm got a contract of N57m through one Abubakar Ahmed to promote Buhari. Why have you not been doing your work?”

In another tweet she wrote: “I have a picture of you and your wife traveling to Abuja via Arik Air in December where the contract was signed. Your client paid for the Business class that you and Adesuwa traveled with that day. The trip was on a Sunday morning. I dare you to deny this.”

However, in a swift reation, Banky W described the claims, as false allegations and threatened to sue the woman.

He tweeted: “Someone can tweet “Banky W has collected 57 million contract to do PR for Buhari” and get hundreds of retweets/believers in a few mins, without anyone actually bothering to ask for proof. It is COMPLETELY false, but noone cares for the truth.

“I can’t spend time engaging in a Twitter war with people who clearly don’t care about facts and truth, and prefer to push slander and lies because it makes for juicy news, regardless of who they need to drag in the dirt.

“I’ve called my lawyers, and sent screenshots of the latest lies and slander used against me. I hope the people who posted them are prepared to provide PROOF in court. Shey you have dragged my name in the mud again, you MUST provide proof of your accusations or you will go to jail.

“Instead of us to focus on infiltrating government at multiple levels, build capacity and open the door for more credible candidates to do the same, we want to hurl insults and lies at each other online on behalf of the very same leaders that have rubbished ALL of us. Shame.

“We are angry and frustrated at the people in power so we attack any and everyone else blindly, regardless of how completely false and outrageous it is. Classic case of “a lie travels halfway across the world before the truth has a chance to put on its shoes.

“I’m in an uphill battle, going up against the two major parties, but I believe it is one worth fighting. We need to infiltrate Govt at the community level, & build capacity. I hope to inspire others to do the same. The problem is from the top but the solution is from the bottom,” he said.