The
National chairmanship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief
Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi, has denied sponsoring activities of the Niger Delta
Avengers, saying that it is nothing but a blatant concoction of falsehood
obviously laced with the political intention of throwing a spanner in the works
of our nation wide campaign/consultation with PDP delegates throughout the
country in our bid to contest the National Chairmanship of the PDP. *Dokpesi
*Dokpesi He called on all Nigerians and delegates to the PDP National
Convention to ignore Cynthia Whyte allegation. In statement signed by Alhaji
Shehu Gabam DG, Raymond Dokpesi Campaign Organisation on Monday Dokpesi said
that ‘a report by one Cynthia Whyte of the Reformed Niger Delta Avengers
published by Saharareporters.com where an allegation was made to the effect
that High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi is a sponsor of the activities of the
Niger Delta Avengers. ‘We want to observe that ordinarily, a baseless
accusation by a faceless identity is hardly worthy of a response. It is however
unfortunate that the editors at Sahara Reporters allow their platform to be
used irresponsibly to disparage innocent citizens with malicious falsehood and
conspiracy theories without interrogating their sources on the authenticity of
information they disseminate. ‘For the avoidance of doubt, let us state
categorically that this is nothing but a blatant concoction of falsehood
obviously laced with the political intention of throwing a spanner in the works
of our nation wide campaign/consultation with PDP delegates throughout the
country in our bid to contest the National Chairmanship of the PDP. ‘High Chief
Dokpesi is a highly celebrated personality and people who know him will attest
to the fact that he is not only a peace loving citizen but one who is
passionate about the unity, indivisibility and oneness of our nation.
Regardless of the partisan political process in the country, now clearly
infested with all manner of treachery, bitterness and unwholesome acts by
opposing political actors, he has always and will always be an advocate of
winning all political contests fair and square. ‘While we do not hide the fact
that we have political differences with the All Peoples Congress, APC and the
Federal Government especially on it's policies, High Chief Dokpesi is a firm
advocate for advancing the cause of our democracy through a robust and vibrant
opposition that will keep the Government of the day on its toes. ‘If Chief
Dokpesi’s campaigns around all states of Nigeria to be elected national
chairman of the PDP is creating nervousness and fear in any political quarters
in the country, we expect such persons to address the issue squarely by
campaigning harder than we have done or advancing superior reasons to ours on
the issues at stake. ‘High Chief Raymond Dokpesi calls on all Nigerians and
delegates to the PDP National Convention to ignore and disregard the claims of
this so called Cynthia Whyte who for reasons best known to him/her is bent on
dragging Chief Dokpesi's name into a matter he knows nothing about. It is a
baseless, spurious and unfounded allegation that aims at creating distractions
to the critical political issues that currently engage his full attention.
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