ASABA—Delta
State governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, fired back at his Edo State
counterpart,
Mr Adams Oshiomhole, describing the allegation that he (Okowa) was recruitingthugs to undermine the Edo election as baseless and indicative of loss of
confidence of the All Progressives Congress,
APC-led government to woo voters based on track records of its
achievement.
He restated his support for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
candidate in the Edo State guber election, Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu and
congratulated him on his emergence as the party’s flagbearer.
Chief Press
Secretary to Okowa, Mr. Charles Aniagwu, while responding to the allegation by
the Edo State Government, 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.
He noted that Edo State Government has also betrayed its ignorance of
the workings of the Permanent Voter Card, which makes multiple registration
impossible and asked the APC in the state to restrict itself to
issues rather than resort to name- calling. Aniagwu said:
“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 that Oshiomhole’s outburst,
some weeks ago, against the 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?”
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