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A former Minister of Health, Prof. Eyitayo Lambo, a former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bayo Ojo (SAN), Mr Tunde Ipinmisho (FNGE) and retired Maj-Gen. Julius Oshanupin have distanced themselves from a statement which purportedly claimed they have endorsed Senator Dino Melaye. |
They made their positions known in a statement jointly signed by all of them and made available to newsmen in Lokoja yesterday.
The statement
reads: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued by the
Okun Development Initiative (ODI) on the ongoing attempt to recall Senator Dino
Melaye (APC - Kogi West). Curiously our names were given out as signatories to
the document.
“We wish to state
that we do not know ODI and have no relationship with the body in any form
whatsoever. It therefore follows that we did not and indeed could not have
signed any statement for an organisation with which we are not affiliated.
“This forgery is
unacceptable to us and we demand an immediate retraction and an apology from
those behind it,” the statement said.
In a similar
development, the Okun Development Initiative (ODI) has also come out to declare
its position over a press statement purportedly issued by the group over Dino’s
recall saga.
Spokesman of ODI,
Apostle Olalekan Aiyenigba, in the statement in Lokoja, said there was “a
puerile attempt by some faceless individuals to twist a recent press release by
ODI on the recall saga and a clarification is therefore desirable.”
According to him,
“For the avoidance of doubt, the position of ODI is explicit on the observed
irregularities in the process so far, but there was never any mention of the
collated signatures not being of Kogi West constituents though there has been
allegations of forgery in the process.”
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