Delta State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, has lambasted his Edo State counterpart, Adams Oshiomhole, for accusing him of recruiting thugs to disrupt the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
Okowa while describing the allegation as baseless and indicative of loss of confidence of the All Progressives Congress, APC-led government, posited that Oshiomole was jittery of the impending defeat of his party.
The governor who restated his support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the Edo State guber election, Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu, congratulated him on his emergence as the party’s flagbearer.
Responding to the allegations by Oshiomhole, Chief Press Secretary to Okowa, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, in a statement, stated that it was preposterous for the Edo State Government to expect that Deltans would leave their constituencies and embark on a wild goose chase of registering to vote in Edo State.
“Governor Okowa is too refined to engage in such clandestine activities to the extent of decimating his own support base by encouraging his constituents to register in another state. What becomes the fate of Delta political stakeholders who would rely on the votes of those people in subsequent elections?
“This is laughable and is gradually becoming a character of the APC in Edo State to believe that it can scare opponents through smear campaign. Governor Okowa declared publicly that he would support the PDP candidate both morally and logistically to win the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State and no amount of brow beating would stop him.”
The statement recalled Oshiomhole’s outburst, some weeks ago, against the South-South PDP Governors for pledging their support for the PDP in Edo State and wondered when it became an offence to declare support for members of one’s party.
“Oshiomhole boasted that he could win election against Okowa in Delta State. Why is the Edo State APC getting fidgety for a mere declaration of support to the PDP candidate by Okowa?” He queried.
