The Director of Media and Publicity to Senator Monday Okpebholo (aka) Akpakomiza governorship campaign organization, Godswill Inegbe, has faulted the congratulatory message from the National Chairman of APC, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje to Hon Dennis Idahosa as misleading and an attempt give credence to Dennis Idahosa claim to victory.
The campaign said Ganduje as the father and respected leader of the party couldn’t have hurriedly issued a congratulatory message when controversies and other issues characterised the announcement of the results.
Recall that controversy Saturday’s trailed APC governorship primaries as Imo State Governor Hope Uzodinma chairmanship of the APC primary declared Dennis Idahosa winner of the primary with 40, 453 votes while Dr Stanley Ugboaja, state returning officer at a separate venue announced Senator Monday Okpebholo winner having scored 12, 145 votes.
The campaign organization in a swift reaction to the news making the rounds that the National Chairman of the party had congratulated Idahosa said such couldn’t have come from the Ganduje in view of the issues surrounding the outcome of the primaries.
Mr Inegbe noted that in his phone conversation with the Chief Press Secretary to the National Chairman of APC on Sunday morning, Mr Edwin Olofo, didn’t confirm nor acknowledge that the statement came from him.
Inegbe said “My conversation with Edwin Olofo was shocking and revealing to say the least. I am the Press Secretary to Senator Okpebholo, and in any given circumstance when I release a statement on behalf of my principal, if anyone across the world reach-out to me for confirmation, I do so with all pleasure and authority, because my statements are approved and authorized by my principal.
“However, in this case, when I called Mr Olofo for confirmation of the purported congratulatory message from the National Chairman of APC allegedly authored by him, he couldn’t confirm that the statement was released by him.”
The media aide to the federal lawmaker said his principal has implicit confidence in the national and state leadership of the great party to ensure that the victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo in the February 17th APC primary election is upheld.
Midway into the announcement which saw Okpebholo leading was disrupted when armed thugs invaded the venue and unleased mayhem on officials of the National Working Committee sent to conduct the election with journalist’s cameras, laptops and other gadget destroyed.
