{"id":41643,"date":"2015-09-03T07:21:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T06:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=41643"},"modified":"2015-09-03T07:21:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T06:21:22","slug":"uduaghan-not-at-war-with-okowa-says-former-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/uduaghan-not-at-war-with-okowa-says-former-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"Uduaghan not at war with Okowa, says former spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2227\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ex\u00a0 Delta State Governor,\u00a0\u00a0 Emmanuel Uduaghan has denied reports of a running battle with his successor, Dr. Ifeanyi\u00a0 Okowa<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2223\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">former Chief Press Secretary,Mr Sunny Ogefere, in a statement also\u00a0 denied reports that there is\u00a0 a bid to sell the Master Care schools to the government of Delta State .<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2231\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOgefere said Wednesday \u201cLet it be stated that at no time was the Mastercare International School, owned by a foundation being run by the wife of the Ex-Governor, sold to or negotiated with the Delta State Government.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, the phantom running battle between Dr Uduaghan and his successor, Governor Okowa over an alleged \u201crefusal to approve payment \u201c, can not arise.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2236\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe recognise the fact that these are desperate times for political jobbers who will stop at nothing to create storms where none exist in order to achieve their inordinate objectives. In executing this, there should be some modicum of honour and responsibility.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2235\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement said that \u201c Dr. Uduaghan is not in any \u201crunning battle\u201d with his successor, His Excellency, Dr. Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa. Of course, some people may have tried to create one using hirelings as the author of the story under reference, but as is always the case, any venture founded on satanic motives will collapse.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ogefere also asserted that \u201c The author\u2019s cheap resort to unfounded generalization in classifying Dr. Uduaghan\u2019s achievements in office as \u201cabysmal\u201d only betrays the writer\u2019s real intention of undertaking a hatchet job. However, Deltans are too sophisticated a people to be taken in by such jaundiced venture.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2233\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHis legacies of achievements will continue to speak for him and continue to endear him to the people. As any other citizen, Dr. Uduaghan is entitled to embark on any legitimate venture after his vacation.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1441261025514_2232\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former CPS also said \u201cHaving served the people of Delta State meritoriously, it is no rocket science to know that Dr. Uduaghan will take a well deserved rest having not had a vacation during his time as Governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex\u00a0 Delta State Governor,\u00a0\u00a0 Emmanuel Uduaghan has denied reports of a running battle with his successor, Dr. Ifeanyi\u00a0 Okowa former Chief Press Secretary,Mr Sunny Ogefere, in a statement also\u00a0 denied&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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