BENIN CITY – Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State yesterday dissociated himself from a seminar organized by a Niger Delta group scheduled for Abuja today (Tuesday).
In a newspaper advert published by a national newspaper Sunday, the group named ‘Gatekeepers a Foundation, Change Ambassadors of Nigeria and Niger Delta Media Professionals’ listed the Edo governor as one of the keynote speakers. The talk-shop has the theme, ‘President Muhammadu Buhari Change Agenda and the Niger Delta Struggle for a Development.”
Speaking in Benin, Comrade Oshiomhole said: “My attention has been drawn to a statement issued by an amorphous body purporting to be speaking for Niger Delta. This so-called group is unknown to me. No one met or contacted me, much less mentioned the idea of any conference or the motive behind it to me. For anyone to have gone ahead to advertise a seminar with my name without even the courtesy of my fore-knowledge is patently fraudulent and unacceptable. By this statement, I hope this body will stop promoting themselves with my name.”
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole
