Former President Goodluck
Jonathan has denied that he offered bribe to Governor of Imo
State, Rochas Okorocha, ahead of the 2015 presidential election.
In a statement released by his
spokesman, Ikechukwu Eze, Jonathan said he did not offer “huge sums of money
and an influential ministry” to Okorocha in order to make him dump the All
Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“We offer to quickly dismiss
these claims as lies, because we are clear in our minds that such conversation
never happened.
“We are wondering whether this
truly came from the governor because we are sure that even governor Okorocha
himself did not believe that anybody would accept these claims.
“In the first place, it sounded
irrational and absurd. Besides, it was obvious to all and sundry that the
south-east, being Dr. Jonathan’s political stronghold, the ex-President did not
need Okorocha to win in the zone.
“However, to set the records
straight, we make bold to say that former President Jonathan never made any
contact with Okorocha, ahead of the 2015 elections.
“All those who had either worked
closely with him in any capacity, or served in Jonathan’s administration can
bear testimony to the fact that idle talk is not his style.
“Since we know that the only
proof the purveyors of this bribery allegation could offer is to probably claim
that the transaction happened in a dream, we can only offer the governor
sincere advice, to avoid rumours and twaddle, and get down to the business of
result-oriented governance.
“Governor Okorocha would have
served his state better, if he directed his enormous drive to creating growth
and development opportunities for the good people of Imo state, rather than
allowing himself to be drawn into dissipating his energy on platitudes and
propaganda,” the statement said.
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