The Ondo state chapter of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) has alleged that Governor Olusegun Mimiko
was caught with “huge sum of money in a foreign currency” by security
operatives in the early hours of the Bayelsa state supplementary
governorship election.
The Herald reports that the party’s allegation was contained in a statement issued in Akure, by its director of publicity and media, Steve Otaloro.
The APC alleged that Governor Mimiko’s media aides bribed some sections of the media, especially their proprietors in Ondo and Bayelsa states to “kill the story” from going public.
The party described as shocking and unacceptable for the state governor to take such a huge amount of money to campaign in Bayelsa state while his people are struggling to survive in the face of poverty.
“We have often heard such stories which we found difficult to believe until this instance that was intercepted by men of the security services.
“This, however, confirms why Dr. Mimiko is regarded as an ‘ATM Governor’ outside the State while the people he swore to serve are living in squalor and abject poverty,” Otaloro said.
The party spokesman said the governor cannot refute the story because he will provoke the security operatives that caught him with the foreign currencies in Bayelsa state.
“The State Government neither owned up to the story nor denied it as it used to because it knew a denial might provoke a response by the security services to set the record straight.
“Ondo State APC views this mindless profligacy with grave consequences at the time when an average Ondo State citizen finds it difficult to have a decent meal per day and at a time when the State Government is owing workers two months salary.
“Besides, the State Government budget performance index has been less than 15 percent since the beginning of Governor Mimiko’s tenure,” he said.
The party challenged Governor Mimiko to explain to Ondo people where he got the money he used to prosecute the supplementary election in the oil rich state of Bayelsa.
“At this point, Dr. Mimiko ought to concentrate on projects and services that would allow him to leave his footprint on the sand of time in terms of developmental projects as his tenure winds up rather than diverting the State resources to frivolous awards to boost his political ego,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), during the build up to Bayelsa state governorship election warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of government to desist from interfering in the supplementary election scheduled in the state.
Bayelsa state came alive on Sunday, after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another term of four years.
The Ondo state chapter of the APC alleged that Governor Olusegun Mimiko was caught with foreign currency in Bayelsa state
The Herald reports that the party’s allegation was contained in a statement issued in Akure, by its director of publicity and media, Steve Otaloro.
The APC alleged that Governor Mimiko’s media aides bribed some sections of the media, especially their proprietors in Ondo and Bayelsa states to “kill the story” from going public.
The party described as shocking and unacceptable for the state governor to take such a huge amount of money to campaign in Bayelsa state while his people are struggling to survive in the face of poverty.
“We have often heard such stories which we found difficult to believe until this instance that was intercepted by men of the security services.
“This, however, confirms why Dr. Mimiko is regarded as an ‘ATM Governor’ outside the State while the people he swore to serve are living in squalor and abject poverty,” Otaloro said.
The party spokesman said the governor cannot refute the story because he will provoke the security operatives that caught him with the foreign currencies in Bayelsa state.
“The State Government neither owned up to the story nor denied it as it used to because it knew a denial might provoke a response by the security services to set the record straight.
“Ondo State APC views this mindless profligacy with grave consequences at the time when an average Ondo State citizen finds it difficult to have a decent meal per day and at a time when the State Government is owing workers two months salary.
“Besides, the State Government budget performance index has been less than 15 percent since the beginning of Governor Mimiko’s tenure,” he said.
The party challenged Governor Mimiko to explain to Ondo people where he got the money he used to prosecute the supplementary election in the oil rich state of Bayelsa.
“At this point, Dr. Mimiko ought to concentrate on projects and services that would allow him to leave his footprint on the sand of time in terms of developmental projects as his tenure winds up rather than diverting the State resources to frivolous awards to boost his political ego,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, the Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum (PDPGF), during the build up to Bayelsa state governorship election warned President Muhammadu Buhari and other relevant agencies of government to desist from interfering in the supplementary election scheduled in the state.
Bayelsa state came alive on Sunday, after the Independent National Electoral Commission announced the re-election of Governor Seriake Dickson of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for another term of four years.
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