Azruddin backpedals on allegations against President: ‘Irfaan Ali never granted me any favours’

We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) presidential candidate, Azruddin Mohamed, has walked back months of allegations suggesting President Irfaan Ali played a role in the controversial importation of his Lamborghini.

Speaking to reporters on Friday after observing the casting of ballots at Eve Leary during Disciplined Forces voting, Azruddin insisted that Ali had never granted him any favours.

“We had a close relationship with Irfaan Ali as a Muslim brother to a Muslim brother. That’s all. Irfaan Ali never granted me no favour,” Azruddin said when pressed by a journalist about perceptions that his family was “in bed” with the ruling People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C).

The United States-sanctioned businessman further distanced himself from claims of political protection, stressing, “We’re in business years now, we’ve built on hard work… no government influence.”

The comments stand in sharp contrast to Azruddin’s own statements just two months ago. In June, he circulated WhatsApp exchanges with a number purportedly belonging to President Ali, which he claimed showed involvement in the luxury car’s clearance.

President Ali at the time blasted Mohamed for “duplicity and dishonesty,” pointing to the messages as evidence of deliberate misrepresentation.

Azruddin’s new denial now appears to undercut the very narrative he has pushed for months, raising fresh questions about the credibility of his attacks on the head of state.