By Seyi Babalola
The Delta United Movement, DUM has condemned recent malicious reports in some sections of the polity aimed at causing bad blood among serving and past leaders of the state.
The group has particularly condemned the unfounded false report of the detention for three days of the immediate past governor of the state, Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa.
The group in a statement issued by its national coordinator, Nkem Onye, while noting that no one was above accountability, however, condemned the increasing habit of dragging political opponents in the mud for the purpose of scoring political points.
“We are especially concerned by the increasing wave of negative media attacks on serving and former leaders of our state aimed at causing bad blood among them.
“We have since discovered that these attacks are being orchestrated by political elements against the peace and well-being of the state.
“We have also discovered that the originators of these media attacks are those who lost out in the battle for electoral supremacy who are now turning to the media to wage vengeance.
“We are particularly concerned with the resort to fake news as the one recently circulated of the detention of Senator (Dr) Ifeanyi Okowa by the EFCC. What made it so laughable to us was that Senator Okowa according to our own enquiry was out of the country while the political blogger in Delta reported that he was in the custody of the EFCC for THREE DAYS.
“This particular report according to our findings fits the narrative of some political actors in Delta State who are determined to sow a seed of discord and dislocate the ongoing MORE Agenda of the present government.”
“It is on this basis that we call on the citizenry in Delta State to be cautious of reports garnished with political bitterness that may spewed from quarters as those who reported the fake news on Okowa.”
Concluding, the DUM said:
“We call on all the people of Delta to join forces at this time towards projecting the collective interest of the state. Political campaigns are now over, let us give governance the priority it deserves at this time.”
