The Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organization has denied
that the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the last election
appealed to Governor Godwin Obaseki to return to the party.
The Director of Communications and Media of the Osagie
Ize-Iyamu’s Campaign Organization, Mr John Mayaki, stated this in a statement
on Thursday.
Ize-Iyamu, in a viral video that emerged on Wednesday night
appealed on Obaseki, whom he described as his senior brother, to return to the
party he left prior to the governorship election in the State.
Gov. Obaseki dumped the ruling APC prior to the governorship
election after he was disqualified from contesting in the primary election.
He joined the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, where he won
the party’s governorship ticket.
Mayaki said that his principal never made such appeal to
Obaseki, while accusing the Governor and his party, the PDP of fabricating the
report.
“We warned several times that the media should beware of
fabrications from Obaseki and the PDP camp, but they did not listen,” he said.
“That is why they have reported that the election was free
and fair, and that is why they have said our candidate appealed to Obaseki to
come back to APC.
“The video in reference is from three months ago, not after
the election but doctored by Governor Obaseki’s media handlers to seek undue
legitimacy”, he disclosed.
“Pastor Ize-Iyamu was reported in the stories as speaking
from Abuja, but it was the Benin reporters that covered the story. Were the
reporters transported to Abuja?
“Do these media agencies actually believe the stories they
carry? Obaseki and the PDP have a way of leaking false news to the media and
the media has to be sensitive and professional in receiving the news.”
He further said that there is a fake Twitter account
purporting to belong to Pastor Ize-Iyamu, warning the media to avoid it like a
plague and verify all their information before passing them on.
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