OKOROCHA DENIES NAMING TINUBU KILLER OF PRINCE AUDU

By Our Reporter

November 23, 2015 – Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has denied naming national leader of All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as killer of Governorship candidate of APC in Kogi State, Prince Abubakar Audu.

In a statement, Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on information and Communications Technology, Mr. Ik Ogbonna described the statement attributed to Okorocha as nothing but a “tale full of thrash.”

He argued that Okorocha at no time granted interview to anybody but that the story emanated from the Facebook handle of an apologists of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to cause disaffection in the APC.

“It is also remarkable that the story has no source but emanated from the Facebook wall of a PDP apologist, who must have been paid by her handlers to cause disaffection within APC family,” he said.

“The story which is written in poor English purported that Gov. Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum, gave an interview where he accused Tinubu of being behind the death of Kogi state APC candidate, late Prince Abubakar Audu.

“Firstly, Gov. Rochas Okorocha spent the better part of yesterday, Sunday 22nd November, 2015 till about 7 pm chairing a stakeholders forum of South-East Leaders and returned to Owerri same night. It is bewildering where and when he gave the interview which trended same night on social media?

“Secondly, Prince Abubakar Audu is not yet a member of APC Governors Forum and Okorocha could not have granted the interview on that score”, he said.

According to him, the family of Prince Abubakar Audu has not blamed anyone for the death of their son neither did Okorocha, who is not a member of the Audu family.

“The story was written as an interview Governor Okorocha granted, yet no medium was mentioned. Can one grant interview to thin air? “The purported interview is a wicked machination of people who are envious of the towering profile of Gov. Rochas Okorocha and aim at bringing him at loggerheads with leaders of the Party especially Sen. Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State and a man Gov. Okorocha holds in very high esteem.