Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has described the report of his arrest as false and totally deceptive
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu Campaign Organization has blasted reports
of his alleged arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission by
The Nation newspaper as untrue and a calculated attempt by his
opponents to malign his name.
Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, a governorship aspirant of the Peoples
Democratic Party in Edo said news of his arrest came to him as a shock
and had no iota of truth.
The campaign organization said:
“Our attention has been drawn to a false and wicked propaganda
which has been circulating on social media that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
has been arrested by the EFCC.
“Ordinarily, we would not react to such rumour sponsored by
political upstarts within and outside who are worried at the massive
support our campaign is gaining among the people of Edo state, but
because The Nation newspaper, which ought to be a responsible newspaper,
published the false report in their today issue, we have decided to
respond to prevent a false propaganda to be mistaken for fact.
“We wish to state unequivocally that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
was not called neither was he arrested by the EFCC because his hands are
clean.
“We call on all our teaming supporters across Edo state,
especially the very conscious PDP delegates to disregard such news
fabricated by those who through fear of the emergence of Ize-Iyamu and
his eventual victory at the polls have made themselves captives of the
unknown but continue to support us in a bid to vacate the APC from Edo
state and begin a process of repositioning our state through
transparent, effective and accountable governance that will improve the
living standards and social wellbeing of our people. This is our
priority and we would not entertain any distraction from those
unprepared and unfit to lead in such a time as this.”
