Adams Oshiomhole’s Edo State Govt Denies Hosting Dillish Last Weekend

Edo State Government has released a
statement denying hosting BBA winner,
Dillish, last weekend. This is despite it
being well known that the state governor
Adams, Oshiomhole hosted BBA The
Chase winner in his private house.
Dillish is said to have given the governor
a condition for accepting the invitation:
she would only pay a courtesy visit,
nothing more. Both parties are said to
have agreed. Take a read below: the Edo
State Government Press Statement;
EDO STATE GOVERNMENT DID NOT
HOST BBA’S DILLISH.
Our attention has been drawn to a news
report in Daily Independent of Friday,
October 25, 2013, where one Mr. Eddie
Iroh was quoted as expressing
displeasure on a rumoured hosting of
Dillish, the winner of Big Brother Africa. In
the said report, Eddie Iroh was said to
have “condemned the Governor for
spending state’s funds so recklessly”.
The report added that “the likes of
Governors Oshiomhole, Fashola and
Dickson who are in the habit of dipping
their hands into public funds on such
ventures should have known that in
civilized climes, such celebrations were
funded from the Governors’ pockets and
not public funds”. How libelous!
From the above, it is obvious that Mr.
Eddie Iroh is suffering from brain wave.
First, it would have been a thing of
interest for Edo State Government to host
the said BBA winner, Dillish, to justify her
well-advertised declaration in the BBA
House that Edo State people are very
hospitable.
That in itself was a global endorsement
that is purely priceless. Again, if Dillish
would agree, as a BBA ambassador, Edo
State Government would be willing to
host her in future to prove to cynics and
naysayers like Eddie Iroh that Edo State is
indeed, not only hospitable, but also a
safe haven for those who intend to do
legitimate business in the State.
It will be a departure from orchestrated
and concocted stories often peddled by
jobless people like Eddie Iroh, who rather
than devote their old age to reflect on their
absurdities when they called the shots,
have now taken to the cyber space for
surfing cheap gossip, chit-chat and
unfounded allegations.
To the best of our knowledge, Edo State
did not host Dillish in whatever material
particular. This could be verified from the
Governor’s daily routines which are
usually available for public consumption
and can be confirmed from the Protocol
Department of the Governor’s Office or
Government House.
Mr. Eddie Iroh’s comment is pure
hallucination. Eddie Iroh’s story is an
open sore that is festered with several
incongruities, inanities, ambiguities and
failing memory. He should provide
evidence to show that Governor
Oshiomhole dips his hands into public
funds to host his private visitors or simply
keep his mouth shut.
We have gone past the age of Eddie Iroh,
an age of those men of yesterday, who
abused public institutions they presided
over, to fest their nest at the expense of
tax payers’ money. In Edo State, we are
not only accountable to the people; we
have also earned their respect and trust.
Signed
Prince Kassim Afegbu
Special Adviser Media & Public Affairs to
the Edo State Governor