The newly inaugurated Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has denied the existence of ‘Off of immediate past Governor’ of the state or any plan to create same by his administration.
Ododo said there is no plan to establish such office in the state and attributed the fake news and report to the ‘handiwork of psychotic mischief makers, who have been thrown into confusion by the unprecedented achievements of the former Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello.’
Speaking through a statement on Tuesday, January 30 by Oladele John Nihi, his Chief Press Secretary, the Governor urged residents and citizens of Kogi State as well as the public to disregard the fake news.
“The attention of the Kogi State Government has been drawn to a mischievous report that the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved the establishment of the “Office of the Immediate Past Governor” to be domiciled in the Government House.
“The fake news should be disregarded as the handiwork of psychotic mischief makers, who have been thrown into confusion by the unprecedented achievements of our former Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, and the realisation that the good people of Kogi State sincerely appreciate this.
“The laughable report was concocted to create disaffection and mislead the public but the authors failed woefully to confuse intelligent Nigerians.
“We thank the media for exercising restraint and detecting, on their own, that the report was fake.
“We, however, urge the general public to always fact-check before spreading fake news,” he stated
