Wike replies Oshiomhole over alleged plot to rig Edo election

Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George, said on Friday that Gov. Nyesom Wike and his Delta counterpart, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, did not mobilise to rig the Edo governorship election.

Tam-George said in a statement in Port Harcourt that claims by Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo that the two governors donated N2 billion to rig the election in favour of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were false.

The commissioner said Wike never made such financial donation.

“Governor Wike has no links with militants in the region and anywhere in the country,” he said.

Tam-George said that the governor gave moral support to the PDP candidate in Edo to win the election.

He stated that Wike would continue to give moral support to democratic forces, not just in the region, but across the country, to bring better life to Nigerians.

The commissioner said that the governor enjoined Edo people to vote for the PDP in the election.

The Edo election, earlier scheduled for Sept 10, was shifted to Sept. 28 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) based on a security advice given by the police and the State Security Service. (NAN)

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