MBAKA LIED ON N50 MILLION DUD CHECK — says Imo Govt *Describes the allegation as ‘unholy blackmail’. BY CHRIS NJOKU The Imo State Government yesterday described the allegation by Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of Christ the King Church Parish, Enugu, that Governor Rochas Okorocha gave the Archbishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Anthony Obinna, a N50m dud cheque in 2012, as ‘unholy blackmail’. The state government, in a statement issued by the governor’s media aide, Sam Onwuemeodo, in Owerri, said the claim by Mbaka last Sunday during the thanksgiving service by former governor of the state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, was false. It was to the effect Okorocha gave Obinna a N50m dud cheque, which the state government has branded “spurious and curious in many respects.” “Let us simply aver and solemnly too, that the claim is not only false, but spurious and curious in many respects. There is no iota of truth in the wild allegation. You can call it an ‘unholy blackmail’, taking into account the person behind it,” the statement read in part NATIONAL MIRROR AUGUST 5, 2014 assical form of betrayal” the politics he played leading to his emergence as PDP National Secretary; as Ebenezer Babatope had been endorsed by Osun PDP caucus for the post. He added that Oyinlola spent his days as National Secretary “actively working against the party at the state level. All nominations submitted from the state in line with traditions were blocked and replaced with that of his cronies who were in league with him on the sell out of the mandate.” Saying that the politics leading to his exit as a National Secretary was traceable to his double dealings, the Omisore Organisation said that “Omisore will win this election without Prince Oyinlola as Ayo Fayose won the Ekiti election without Segun Oni for several reasons.” The reasons, according Odeyemi were: the wide acceptance of Omisore despite Oyinlola’s defection over a year ago; attraction of voters’ sympathy and support for Omisore; Oyinlola lacks consummate political machine that can be a factor in Osun guber race; Oyinlola’s defection to APC cannot wash away Rauf Aregbesola’s unpopularity to stop Osun people from voting for change; more importantly, Omisore has secured endorsement of workers, artisans, market women, students and previously unreached voters in the over 300 political wards in the state. The organisation therefore urged the former governor “to be democratic enough to congratulate Senator Omisore after he must have won the August 9 election. NATIONAL MIRROR AUGUST 5, 2014
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