The fast previous governor of Delta State, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, on Tuesday, stated the current invitation by the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee (EFCC) has reasonably than weaken him, stimulated his political consciousness.
He disclosed this whereas enjoying host to kinsmen and members of the Owa-Alero Growth Union, who paid him a solidarity go to at his residence in Asaba.
The previous governor thanked his folks for the go to and stated that there was no trigger for alarm in regards to the EFCC invitation by the EFCC.
He stated that he had been strengthened by the variety of individuals and teams that had been visiting to establish with him, and warranted that reality would prevail.
“The frivolous allegation towards me has, certainly, reawakened my political consciousness as totally different teams have been visiting me since l returned from honouring EFCC’s invitation.
“It’s of God, not me as a result of God is aware of why He allowed what occurred to occur. What the enemy thought was for evil, God has turned it round.
“When l look retrospectively on the scenario of Delta State in 2015 when l assumed workplace as Governor and evaluate it to the scenario in 2023 when l handed over, l give God the glory.
“We might not have finished the identical factor in every single place, however l know that there was nowhere within the state that we didn’t contact.
“If l take a look at how Asaba and Okpanam had been in 2015 and the way they now look, l will give God the glory. With what we now have finished with the stormwater drainage in Asaba, at present, Asaba is now like a particular place.
“Aside from Asaba, we did so much in lots of communities within the riverine areas and different elements of the state,” he stated.
Okowa recalled that when he assumed workplace as governor, “We had been quantity 4 in oil manufacturing and by the top of 2018, we climbed to primary, and we’re nonetheless primary until at present, due to the peace course of we adopted.
“This growth didn’t simply occur like that; it was due to the truth that the folks noticed hope in what we had been doing.
“So, folks will speak, however in our conscience, we all know we now have finished properly, and we put out the communication in regards to the audited accounts of the state authorities yearly. The abstract of the file is there within the public area
“No person has been capable of contradict the assertion we put out as a result of it’s easy and it’s from the audited accounts. It’s simply foolishness that folks will go and peddle rumours.
“Nonetheless, we anticipated this as a result of it’s politics. The EFCC folks couldn’t see any fictitious contract once they got here for investigation. We had been very meticulous as a result of we got here to work for our Deltans.”
Whereas lauding the Owa-Alero folks for having the ability to organise themselves in a peaceable method, Okowa appealed to them to proceed to work collectively to maintain peace and unity in the neighborhood specifically and the state at massive.
Earlier, the chief of the Owa-Alero Growth Union, Mr Chris Eboh, had instructed the previous governor that they had been in his home for a solidarity go to over his ill-conceived invitation by the EFCC, assuring him that they had been solidly behind him.
“We’re fairly satisfied that you’ve finished nothing improper in the midst of your stewardship because the governor of the state that warrants your invitation by the EFCC.
“We’re not perturbed in any respect in regards to the EFCC’s invitation which you honourably honoured as a result of we all know that you just carried out excellently whereas serving as governor of the state,” he stated.
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