Sunny Ogefere, former Chief Press Secretary to ex- Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has denied an alleged rift between the former governor and his successor, Senator Ifeanyi Ojowa.
Ogefere, in a statement Wednesday night titled “Re: Lives Of Former Governors After Office: Uduaghan Returns To Medical Practice,” stressed that for some time, there have been overt attempts to rewrite the history of governance in Delta State, especially the eighth-year tenure of Governor Uduaghan, through outright falsehood and mischief.
While noting that Uduaghan is not in any “running battle” with his successor, Ogefere, however admitted that “some people may have tried to create one using hirelings as the author of the story under reference, but as is always the case, any venture founded on satanic motives will collapse.”
His reaction was in apparent reaction to an alleged report in the Leadership Newspaper, in which the paper reportedly classified Dr. Uduaghan’s achievements in office as “abysmal.”
Ogefere said that the generalisation contained in the alleged report, only betrays the writer’s real intention of undertaking a hatchet job, even as he stressed that “Deltans are too sophisticated a people to be taken in by such jaundiced venture.”
Ogefere said that Uduaghan’s legacies of achievements will continue to speak for him and continue to endear him to the people.
He stressed that Aas any other citizen, Dr. Uduaghan is entitled to embark on any legitimate venture after his vacation, stressing that having served the people of Delta State “meritoriously, it is no rocket science to know that Dr. Uduaghan will take a well deserved rest having not had a vacation during his time as Governor.”
He said that the mischievous allusion to a bid to sell the Master Care schools to the government of Delta State exists only in the mind of the author of the story.
“There is absolutely no desire to sell the school now or in the future neither was any contact made with private individuals or officials of government on such a move.
“As there is no agreement anywhere for the sale of the school, the talk of “revoking” the “sale” is a product of the writer’s mischievous game plan. So why would Dr. Uduaghan’s wife go to court?
“Let it be stated that at no time was the Mastercare International School, owned by a foundation being run by the wife of the Ex-Governor, sold to or negotiated with the Delta State Government. Therefore, the phantom running battle between Dr Uduaghan and his successor, Governor Okowa over an alleged “refusal to approve payment “, can not arise.
“We recognise the fact that these are desperate times for political jobbers who will stop at nothing to create storms where none exist in order to achieve their inordinate objectives. In executing this, there should be some modicum of honour and responsibility,” he said.
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