Barr
Eugene Uzum, Director of Communications, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa
constituency office, Asaba has described as false the reports posted on
the social media (Anioma Voice) and credited to a former commissioner in
Delta State, Dumbiri Uweh, accusing Senator Ifeanyi Okowa of allegedly
collecting N185million on behalf of Hon. Uweh without remitting same to
him.
In
the words of Barr Uzum, “ordinarily we are not supposed to react to the
unwarranted provocation reported on the person of distinguished Senator
Ifeanyi Okowa on the social media which was credited to Dumbiri Uweh,
but we are of the school of thought that keeping the record straight is a
prerogative we owe the entire public. First of all, let us look at the
issues raised by Dumbiri Uweh, where he alleged that he contested and
purportedly won an election and someone else's name was written. I think
the first thing he should have done was to go to court. Justice is
incorruptible and the last hope of the common man. For Uweh not to
thread the part of justice is a dis-service to himself. He made the
world to understand through his various publications that he negotiated
and sold his alleged mandate by the people of Ika North East Local
Government, but unfortunately he never won any election. No court of law
has pronounced such and INEC has not made any pronouncement in that
direction, so he is just an opportunist”.
Barr
Uzum opined that Senator Okowa is a man of peace that was why he agreed
with other personalities in Ika land to mediate on Dumbiri Uweh’s post
election case.
“On
the issue of the mediation which Dumbiri Uweh is accusing Okowa of
collecting N185m on his behalf, we all know that the distinguished
Senator is a man of peace. That was why he agreed with other
personalities in Ika land to be part of the mediation. To a very large
extent, we cannot tell the level of implementation of that accord. But
its of our knowledge that Uweh is only dancing to the gallery and wants
to drag the name of distinguished Senator Okowa to the mud in order to
get cheap relevance. Senator Okowa is a man of peace, whatever he
ventures into, he sees it to the end. It is very unfortunate that issue
which would have been resolved internally is taking to the public by
Uweh I am using this medium to advise the people of Ika and Anioma in
its entirety not to be used as an instrument of destabilization,
especially ahead of 2015. Certain personalities of monumental
insignificance are only looking for what will bring Okowa down (Pull Him
Down). Unfortunately, Okowa is not a man that will be pulled down just
like that. We are debunking all the allegations by Dumbiri Uweh that
Senator Okowa facilitated the peace meeting of his post election case
and defrauded him of N185m having collected N15m making it N200m.
“We
are sounding out a signal that we the youths of Ika nation will not
hesitate to invoke the hands of the law in making sure that the name of
Senator Okowa is not dragged to the mud. We are putting the law
enforcement agents on notice on the issue of character assassination.
Okowa is known for peace, unity and tolerance. For Uweh to be alleging
that he, Okowa defrauded him is a slap to Ika nation. We are calling on
well meaning Ika people to advise the likes of Uweh and other persons
who have decided to use cheap blackmail to pull down the name of Senator
Okowa to have a rethink.“The marriage between Senator Okowa and Delta
State Government house in 2015 has already been ordained by God. No man
can put asunder. Okowa's critics have no choice than to rally round and
support him, for he is a man who has contributed much to his people,
both at the local government and state levels. We are equally using this
opportunity to call on Ika youths to stand by the truth. We are also
using this forum to send a message to Uweh that issues are properly
addressed in court not on the pages of newspaper Okowa agreed to mediate
on Uweh's case for the interest of peace, fairness, equity and justice.
Fortunately, the person Uweh contested election with is still alive.
Barr
Uzum called on the press as well as social network providers to always
verify facts before doing any publication so that they do not give cheap
popularity to those he called undesirable elements in the society.
“Mr.
Uweh and his cohorts would have treaded the part of honour by allowing
sleeping dogs lie. We also call on the stakeholders in Ika politics to
rally round Senator Okowa in 2015 governorship election because when a
man has done so much for his people, we have no choice than to promote
him. ..
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