Former Osun State Governor and a member of the Board of Trustees of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has declared that the peace committee he headed on the Edo governorship primaries carried out its assignment with fairness to all the groups.
Oyinlola, in a statement on Friday, said he was shocked to read one of the aspirants, Casely Omon-Iraboh, quoting him in a newspaper report as endorsing one of the groups in the contest.
“Omon-Iraboh, who was quoted as declaring that he was withdrawing from the race, said my committee informed aspirants to support the choice of Governor Adams Oshiomhole because he was the greatest governor Edo ever had. That statement was false and Omo-Iraboh knew it was not true. I never uttered those words ascribed to me.
“It is unfortunate that the gentleman said all those things he said in that publication. However, I state on behalf of other members of the committee that his comment cannot remove the fact that we did the assignment truthfully and with the fear of God. We are happy the national secretariat of the party even lauded the sincerity of purpose of the committee and the integrity of its report,” Prince Oyinlola said.
