The government of Kogi State has debunked the allegation that it created an ‘office of the immediate past governor’ of Kogi State, adding that the allegation is false and should be disregarded.
Oladele John Nihi, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Usman Ododo of Kogi State said who confirmed the development to our correspondent via a statement said: ‘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.’
He commended the media for exercising restraint and detecting, on their own, that the report was fake.
The government urged the general public to always fact-check before spreading fake news.
