The chairman of Esan North-East native authorities space of Edo State, Hon. Kelly Inedegbor, on Sunday, raised the alarm that the allegation of gun-running towards him by an arrested armed thug was orchestrated by the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) within the state over what he described because the towering recognition of the ruling Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) within the LGA forward of the September 21 governorship election.
He additionally accused the APC of masterminding the plot to border him up all in a bid to get him out of circulation, including that he has by no means been concerned in gun-running neither arming any youth to guard him.
The LGA boss’ response got here at a press convention after a viral video that surfaced confirmed the arrested armed youth in Uromi with two locally-made lower to measurement weapons, accusing the native authorities chairman of arming him to guard him when the PDP held a political rally for the celebration’s governorship candidate and his working mate.
Inedegbor, who expressed shock on the allegation, stated: “the allegation by the stated younger man is totally baseless and unfounded. It’s the hirelings of the opposition who’re hell-bent in tarnishing my picture. I don’t know him and I’ve by no means met him in my life.
“I need it to be on document that I’m not into gun-running or giving gun to anyone, it isn’t in my character.”
He added that the petition towards him by the performing chairman of APC of destroying APC billboards wa malicious and one other try and malign his character with the intention to persecute him.
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“What we’ve got heard is that the opposition celebration leaders, notably some celebration officers on the nationwide stage, orchestrated it with the intention to get me out of circulation earlier than the election,” the Esan North-East native authorities chairman claimed.
