The Delta United Movement (DUM)
says the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not detain the
immediate past governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, contrary to
reports purporting so.
The political pressure group,
therefore, cautioned against fake reports capable of causing disharmony in the
state.
The group said this in a
statement by its National Coordinator, Nkem Onye, on Thursday in Abuja.
“We are particularly concerned
with the resort to fake news as the one recently circulated of the detention of
Dr Ifeanyi Okowa by the EFCC’’, he said.
He said the group’s findings
showed that Okowa was out of the country during the period of the alleged
three-day detention.
“This particular report,
according to our findings, fits the narrative of some political actors in Delta
State who are determined to sow a seed of discord and dislocate the ongoing
MORE Agenda of the present government.
“It is on this basis that we
call on residents in the state to be cautious of reports garnished with
political bitterness that may spew from quarters as those who reported the fake
news on Okowa”, he said.
Onye said the reports were
aimed at causing bad blood among serving and past leaders in the state.
The national coordinator, who
said though no one was above being held accountable, cautioned against dragging
political opponents in the mud.
“We are especially concerned by
the increasing wave of negative media attacks on serving and former leaders of
our state aimed at causing bad blood among them.
“We have since discovered that
these attacks are being orchestrated by political elements against the peace
and well-being of the state.
“We have also discovered that
the originators of these media attacks are those who lost out in the battle for
electoral supremacy who are now turning to the media to wage vengeance’’, he
said.
He further urged the residents
of the state to join forces towards projecting its collective interest.
“We call on the people of Delta
to join forces at this time towards projecting the collective interest of the
state.
“Political campaigns are now
over, let us give governance the priority it deserves at this time,” he said.
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