Edo State government has stated that the controversy surrounding the
outcome of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has vindicated Governor
Adams Oshiomhole that the Peoples Democratic party is an organisation of
rogues.
It also stated that Rivers State governor, Mr. Chibuike Amaechi,
never donated N500 million to the campaign funds of Governor Oshiomhole,
as reported by our sister publication.
On the alleged donation by Amaechi, Prince Kassim Afegbua, special
adviser, media and publicity to Governor Oshiomhole, said, in a
statement, that all those who made donations to the Edo governor’s
campaign were listed and in its report.
He stated that the allegation was an orchestrated attempt to give
Amaechi a bad name, adding that Oshiomhole knows the provision of the
Electoral Act (as amended) and could not have received such donation.
The governor’s aide also stated that there was no time Amaechi spent two nights in Edo State, as stated in the report.
While saying that Amaechi was duly re-elected as chairman of the
Nigeria Governors’ Forum, the statement said the action of some PDP
governors, especially those who said they have another NGF chairman,
shows the character of the party.
The statement said: “The attention of the Edo State Governor, Comrade
Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole, has been drawn to a news report published in
Daily Sun of Thursday, 30th May, 2013 page 3, indicating that Amaechi’s
travails might not be unconnected to his alleged donation of N500m for
the second term campaigns of the duly elected Edo State Governor,
Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole.
“To state the fact, there was no time that the Rivers State Governor,
Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, donated any money, let alone the sum
of N500m, either directly or by proxy, to the campaign funds of the
Comrade Governor, Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole. Again, we wish to state
unequivocally that there was no time that the Rivers State governor
spent two nights in Benin City before, during and after the campaigns of
the comrade governor.
“The Oshiomhole Campaign Organisation was very conscious of the
requirement of the law, with respect to donation, reason it embarked on
public fund raising dinners in Lagos, Abuja and Benin City. All those
who made donations to the second term campaign of the performing
Governor Oshiomhole were well captured in our reports and duly
appreciated. There was nowhere that the Rivers State governor was
captured as having donated, let alone such a whopping sum of N500m.
“But for a country and a democracy such as ours, there should be no
crime for any governor to honour the invitation of the comrade governor
on his second term inauguration, especially that of the duly elected
chairman of the Governors’ Forum. The beauty of democracy and credible
elections is the exhibition of the spirit of sportsmanship by the loser
and his party, and not this invidious show of hostility by the
opposition PDP.”
When the comrade governor earlier referred to the PDP as a party of
rogues, the party went for his jugular by calling him unprintable names
and churning out all manner of lies and concocted tales just to make an
impression. With the recent outcome of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum
election, which returned Governor Amaechi as duly elected, and following
the u-turn of those who participated in the exercise, the comrade
governor’s roguish description of the PDP has become instructively
appropriate.
source: the sun
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