Ifeanyi Okowa, the governor of Delta State, dissociated himself from people President Muhammadu Buhari accused of stealing money from local governments on Friday.
The President had asserted on Thursday that State governors were meddling with the monthly allocation to the local councils in Nigeria, and blamed them for the underdevelopment of communities in the council areas.
Governor Okowa, who is also the vice presidential candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), responded to the accusation in Asaba through his chief press secretary, Olisa Ifeajika, saying that it was unfortunate for president Buhari to have made such a “blanket statement.”
“I want to say that President Buhari, as one who has all details about issues in the country, knows the governors who fall into that category of the so-called ‘thieves’ he was referring to.’
“Dr Ifeanyi Okowa does not belong there. He was one of the first governors to embrace local government autonomy when it was agreed on, just as the president did with the judiciary and the legislature,” he stated.
