Gov Ifeanyi Okowa, Hon. Ned Nwoko and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar
By Our Reporter
Peoples Democratic Party Delta North Senatorial candidate in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, Hon Ned Nwoko, has reacted to a story published by an online news platform that Delta State governor, Ifeanyi Okowa bribed PDP leaders with $3milliion to lobby for the vice-pesident’s slot of the party.
He described the story as untrue and a figment of the writer’s imagination. Nwoko stated that the story was not only untrue but could be described as a sacrilegious act emanating from the infantile minds of mindless, vicious and treacherous individuals.
“These are allegations that cannot be substantiated,” said Nwoko.
The writer alleged that $3million was paid to intensify the lobbying of senior PDP officials including the PDP national chairman, Iyorchia Ayu and General Aliyu Gusau and ascribed the story to a faceless group.
The said group had alleged that the Delta governor paid $1million to the PDP national chairman, and $2million to Gusau.
The money, the group claimed, was meant to influence key decision makers whom Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, the party’s flag bearer and his team may likely consult before arriving at a concrete and acceptable person, “these allegations are untrue, nothing like this transpired,” Nwoko retorted.
The PDP Delta North senatorial flagbearer stressed that Okowa is qualified to vie and emerge as the PDP vice-presidential candidate and need not expend such money to bribe anyone.
He also debunked insinuations that while the PDP chairman, Ayu is supposed to use part of the $1million to lobby members of the inner circle of the National Working Committee, Gusau is expected to use part of the $2million to lobby northern elders.
Hon. Nwoko said “Nothing of such happened, the group is chasing shadows and only set out to distract the governor”
