Former Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has reacted to posters bearing his image for an elective position ahead of the 2019 general election.
A statement by his media aide, Victor Oshioke, clarified that Oshiomhole has no hand in the campaign material.
“In the said poster, an impression is created that a “Committee of Friends” is campaigning for Comrade Oshiomhole to run for a senate seat in 2019”, it read.
“Curiously, the poster does not include information on the senatorial district for which he is being solicited to run.
“Our investigations have revealed that this poster did not emanate from any known friends of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole or anyone remotely connected to him.”
It said since leaving office as governor, the former labour leader at no time discussed running for any other office with anyone.
“He is as surprised as anyone else about the emergence of these online posters.
“We therefore wish to inform the general public that Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and his known friends have nothing to do with the posters in circulation.
“The posters and the message it convey should be disregarded as the handiwork of mischief makers who have nothing better to do than engulf themselves in an obsessive pastime of speculation.”
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