Prof Ben Ayade, Cross River State Governor
Ayade dismisses PDP’s allegation of looting N100bn as ‘shameless rehash of falsehood’
[From ANIEKAN ANIEKAN, Calabar]
Cross River Governor, Professor Ben Ayade has faulted claims by the State Chapter of the opposition, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that he looted N100 billion from the treasury, describing it as a ‘shameless rehash of falsehood.’
The governor made this knows in a release made available by his Deputy Chief Press Secretary, Linus Obogo.
The governor’s reaction was titled “PDP shameless rehash of falsehood”.
According to the governor, “To underscore the party’s shallowness, which reinforces it laziness to engage in thorough research, it made no pretence in aping exactly the inconsistencies of a news platform that is grossly deficit in integrity and objectivity. It is no surprise then that the party could lend itself to what could best be described as a by-product of beer palour gossip.
“Rather than dissipate energy trying to impeach the character of Governor Ayade and his government, as a civil and serious minded government, we like to urge the PDP to concentrate on solving the hydra-headed and multi-faceted problems in its fold.
“These are the abnegation of its zoning principle which is clearly entrenched in the party constitution, but is threatening to tear it apart, the internecine wrangling within its fold and how to abate the fast depletion of members.
“For a party that has literally morphed into a tower of Babel, with members at variance with one another over issues of justice, equity and fairness, its preoccupation at this point in time should not be about vending falsehood, but addressing the aforementioned concerns”, the governor said.
Ayade’s reaction follows a statement authored by the PDP State Publicity Secretary Mike Ojisi and titled; “On Ayade’s #100Billion Loot And The Incoherence Of His Political Vuvuzela”.
It would be recalled that the PDP in the statement which was circulated on social media alleged that the governor looted ‘our state treasury to the tune of over N100billion using three private companies, close family members and allies.’
