A chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi state, Comrade Austin Okai has berated All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesman, Dr. Tom Ohikere for attempting to skew the interpretation of the recent corruption index released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
In a statement issued on Tuesday, Okai said NBS report that rated Kogi state as the most corrupt in Nigeria does not warrant propaganda as it only confirmed what the opposition party and people of the state know about the state.
He wondered why Ohikere is making frantic effort to discredit the report of credible bodies.
He advised Ohikere to familiarize himself with the realities on ground and stop playing politics with evil that the current administration in Kogi has inflicted on the people in the last four years .
“The self installed spokesman of Yahaya Bello, Tom Ohikere and the Director General on Media to the governor, Kingsley Fanwo have both been speaking from the both sides of their mouths, with the latter threatening litigation and the former contriving social stratification.
“It is laughable that the current failures of the present administration, who has refused to accept defeat and rejection but choose to re-impose itself on the people of Kogi state at gun point, are dancing around naked in the marketplace over a known reality.
“Tom Ohikere, in a desperate bid to secure political appointment having been out of job for eight years, went too far by using the welfare and development of the people of the state to score cheap goals.
“This is a clash of interest drama between Fanwo and Ohikere over political patronage. Ohikere is ready go to any extent to defend the most corrupt government in the history of the state for filthy lucre.
“The NBS report has vindicated us. Yahaya Bello presiding over the most corrupt government in history of Kogi state. He should tender an apology to the people of Kogi state.
“This report called for sober reflection and a day of mourning for our state, it is not a good news at all, it goes along way to portray the good people of Kogi state in bad light. Yahaya Bello’s actions is affecting all of us. Today, our state is being view as the poorest and most corrupt state,” he said.
Okai appealed to Nigerians not to view the people of Kogi state as corrupt, but the governor and his men who are in charge of the state.
