[Riposte] Our reactions to the press statement issued by the PDP is that it came as a shock.
We speak in specific response to most of the allegations by the PDP that the governor has relocated the government house to his private home at Ibadan.
This is not true and practically impossible. The governor has not done that.
The governor only left Germany for Nigeria, and where else would he have gone if not to his own house at Ibadan.
It is also a lie that the State suffered multilateral setbacks as a result of his absence.
The acting governor is in place, and governance has been progressing ever since then.
The work of the deputy governor is much more commendable.
Even though we missed his absence, there has never been a vacuum in governance ever since he left, and there is no infighting within the cabinet ranks as said by the press statement.
There has never been anything like that. Severally, we have refuted that the cabinet is intact. There is nothing to suggest that there is an infighting within the ranks of the cabinet.
The governor has yet to resume duties, so, he can afford to live anywhere he desires to continue to live as much as he is still recuperating until otherwise a letter is being sent to the House of Assembly, that is when he is likely to resume.
But for now, just like every other news media have carried it that he is back in Nigeria and we as a political party are glad that he is back.
Like I said, no cabinet member has visited him, and if anyone has done that since his arrival yesterday, they must have done that on a personal visit, not as a cabinet member at Ibadan.
All these allegations are not true. They are all lies. They were all concocted by the PDP.
When the Governor resumes duty, the State will be informed; likewise, the State House of Assembly will be notified.
So, we can only implore the PDP to stop all these lies. What would they have gained with these concocted lies against the person of Mr. Governor.
Ever since he has been sick, they have been coming up with all kind of allegations against the man that is recuperating.
Now that he is resuming, are they weary? Anybody in their position would have wished him well. Anyone that is sick, we expected them to have prayed for him. He is not just the governor of APC, he is the governor of the State.
We expect the PDP to collaborate, to show some empathy towards him. This is our position from the APC and our reactions to all the allegations leveled against him.
Signed
Steve Otaloro
Director of Media & Publicity
APC, Ondo State.
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