The new governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo says he has not created the ” Office of the Immediate Past Governor” to be domiciled in the Government House as being rumoured in some quarters.
Ododo made the rebuttal in a statement issued on Tuesday in Lokoja by his Chief Press Secretary, Oladele Nihi.
Ododo described the publication as mischievous, fake and laughable.
“The laughable report was concocted to create disaffection and mislead the public but the authors failed woefully to confuse intelligent Nigerians,” the governor said.
The statement reads thus : ” 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.”.
