Former Imo Governor Emeka Ihedioha has denied calling the presidential candidate of the Labour Party Peter Obi or anybody supporting him a saboteur.
Ihedioha said this in a statement by his media aide, Chibuike Onyeukwu on Wednesday.
Ihedioha, while in Accra, Ghana to celebrate this year’s Iri Ji festival with the Mbaise community was quoted to have derided anybody who votes for Obi instead of the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Atiku Abubakar as a saboteur.
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The statement attributed to the Mbutu Mbaise-born former Deputy Speaker drew the ire of Imo residents.
However, Ihedioha denied ever referring to Obi as a saboteur, saying Obi was his long-time friend with whom he shared close political affinity.
The statement reads: “Few days ago, His Excellency Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha CON, on the invitation of his kinsmen, was in Accra, Ghana to celebrate this year’s Iri Ji festival with the Mbaise community in that country.
“As a founding member and one of the leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, he seized the opportunity of that visit to address PDP issues nationally but particularly in Imo State and assuage the anxiety of the members of his party who have been apprehensive of the developments within the party.