Aniagwu said that Delta State Government decided to waive the issue of the application and the payment which the Labour Party ought to have done before securing the venue.
By Jeffrey Agbo
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, who is also the vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has said he did not deny Labour Party (LP) the use of a venue to hold its presidential campaign rally in Asaba.
The LP’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi, was in Delta State on Monday for his rally.
At a news briefing on Tuesday in the capital Asaba, Delta State Commissioner for Information, Charles Aniagwu, described the Labour Party’s allegation as “cheap lies and blackmail.”
Aniagwu said that barely 10 minutes after approving the Oshimili Arcade in Asaba and granting the Labour Party the necessary waiver, the party ran to social media to say it was denied a venue.
“These are cheap lies and blackmail because there was never a time that the Delta government denied the party access to a venue for its campaign rally,” he said.
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The commissioner stated that the party, ab initio, did not apply to the government for use of any facility in the state.
He, however, said given its democratic credentials and in order to avoid falling into a trap, the state government had to approve the use of the arcade for the rally.
Aniagwu said that Delta State Government decided to waive the issue of the application and the payment which the Labour Party ought to have done before securing the venue.
He said: “They thought we would hold on to the fact that they didn’t apply and then make it look like every person is their own, and that Asaba is shut down.
“Members of the party should know that our desire to rebuild Nigeria must not be based on lies and blackmail, but on truth and character.”
