Okowa’s Aide Knocks Tinubu, Omo-Agege, Oshiomhole Over Attack On Gov

THE Chief Economic Adviser to the Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, Mr. Kingsley Emu, has lambasted the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, its governorship candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and former national chairman of the party, Adams Oshiomhole, over their comments about Okowa at the party’s campaign-off in Warri on Saturday, November 19.

  In a statement in Asaba, Emu, said: “Tinubu referring to Lagos State as an example of development is laughable. The humongous amount of money available to Lagos State annually would transform the whole of Nigeria, if well managed. Tinubu should tell the world how much Lagos State money he collects monthly as the godfather.

  “Tinubu, who has become a slurring human contraption, castigated Okowa and abused Warri. He pointed at Lagos as a place that has benefitted from development.

  “Tinubu’s idea of Lagos is about a few places that the government of Nigeria built up many years ago. Lagos is not only about Ikoyi, Victoria Island, and other such lush locations. Tinubu’s Lagos is the world’s dirtiest city.

  “Tinubu’s Lagos is the capital of disorder and crime. Tinubu’s Lagos is home to squalor and over 17 million of the city’s 20 million people live in grinding poverty without portable water to drink. Tinubu’s Lagos is a frustrating city without roads befitting its size and revenue accruing to it. So, whom is Tinubu deceiving?

  Turning to the party’s governorship candidate, he stated: “Omo-Agege could not tell the rally what his agenda is. Rather, he took to his new hobby of abusing Okowa. He called him a Judas Iscariot and asked him to step down from his vice presidential ticket.

  “Should Omo-Agege call somebody a Judas? Omo-Agege, who betrayed the whole of Southern Nigeria by working and voting for the candidacy of Ahmed Lawan, the Senate President, at APC’s presidential convention?

  “Omo-Agege, who betrayed his greatest political benefactor, Great Ogboru; Omo-Agege who betrayed his old benefactor, James Ibori, and who betrayed Urhobo people in 2007 when they voted for Ogboru?”

  As for former Edo State governor, he noted: “Oshiomhole, faded and down, saw the Warri rally as an opportunity to talk, but he did so without thinking as usual. He compared Rivers State with Delta State, pointing at infrastructure. Oshiomhole, in his thoughtless ignorance, did not know that Delta State is a multi-ethnic state with the highest number of urban centres in Nigeria.”