The Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Jarrett Tenebe, on Wednesday, mentioned he stood by his allegation that the Peoples Democratic Celebration governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, is corrupt and owes him no apology.
Tenebe disclosed this in an announcement issued in Abuja by his lawyer, Dr. Blessing Agbomhere.
Agbomhere, within the letter, mentioned, “We additional wish to state unequivocally that our consumer didn’t defame your consumer in any manner, and as such, there isn’t any want for a public apology or retraction of feedback made within the alleged video.
“But when your consumer decides to stretch this difficulty additional by going to courtroom, we’ll depend on the defence of justification in accordance with the report of the Edo State Car Restoration Committee, whose report indicted your consumer and the preliminary report of the Edo State Asset Verification Committee.”
The Edo APC chair had, in a viral video on tenth December, accused Ighodalo of corruption and misappropriation of state funds within the wake of the gaffe made by Governor Monday Okpebholo through the presentation of his N605bn finances estimates to the Edo Home of Meeting.
“I don’t know figures. You see, that’s the right way to know unique and harmless individuals. Obaseki is not going to make such a mistake as a result of he has stolen billions earlier than. Asue Ighodalo is not going to make such a mistake as a result of he has stolen billions earlier than,” Tenebe claimed within the video.
He additionally described Okpebholo’s gaffe as a traditional factor, saying even former South African president Jacob Zuma made the same mistake.
Reacting, Ighodalo’s authorized counsels from Banwo and Ighodalo regulation agency in Lagos had, in a letter to Tenebe dated eleventh December, demanded an apology and instant retraction of the allegation inside seven days.
However the APC chairman snubbed the demand his feedback had been justified following a preliminary report of the Edo State Asset Verification Committee and the Edo State Car Restoration Committee that indicted Ighodalo, who was an financial adviser to former Governor Godwin Obaseki for eight years.