Bash Alli Only Wants To Destroy My Reputation – John Enoh

Nigeria’s Sports Minister, John Enoh has come out to tell former World Boxing Champion, Bash Alli to make a public apology within a week for making false claims against his person. He recently said failure to do so will lead to a legal action, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, Bash Alli threw caution and decency to the wind with his false allegations, and it is only meant to destroy his reputation and integrity in the sporting industry.

Enoh added that the allegation is a manufactured lie from the pit of hell, and he has never demanded any form of gratification from the ex-boxer.

His words, “I am constrained to speak to the trending video and open petition to the President wherein Bash Alli, a former World Boxing Champion, threw caution and decency to the wind to allege that I demanded the sum of ‘another‘ $1m from him in order to endorse his plan to stage what he calls the oldest boxers fight in Nigeria.

When Bash Alli released his video and open letter to the President, with the sole aim to defame and destroy my reputation and integrity, some friends and associates advised that I totally ignore him and his blackmail gambit. They believe that I will validate and bring him to the limelight by responding to Bash Alli and his vile campaign of calumny.

After a deep reflection, I have come to the inevitable conclusion that to ignore him will be a profound mistake. My reason for this is twofold. First, the perception in the public domain is that those in the public service are either thieves or kleptomaniacs who mindlessly pillage our Commonwealth. This assumption, no matter how widely held, is not true.

Despite our challenges as a nation, there are men and women who continue to serve our country with honesty, integrity, and patriotism. I am one of such.

Bash Alli’s allegation that I demanded ‘another $1m’ as if I had received a first tranche of $1m from him, or perhaps any of my predecessors had done so, is a manufactured lie from the pit of hell. At no point in time did I demand any form of gratification from Bash Alli.”

WOW.