The Chief Press Secretary to Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Richard Olatunde, has dismissed reports in the social media that his principal has been hospitalised in a German hospital.
Olatunde, who described the report as wicked and misleading, said Governor Akeredolu, on March 23, sent a letter to the Ondo lawmakers, informing them that he would be away for 14 working days as the first part of his 2022 annual leave. He said the governor transferred power to Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to perform the functions of a governor.
Olatunde said: “Governor Akeredolu is not hospitalised anywhere. These are mere wishes of failed politicians who now carry the burden of uncanny distrust and embedded treachery. We won’t even wish them their evil imaginations.
“Once, they have tried; and they failed woefully. No amount of borrowed falsehood to cover up their moral deficiencies will bring back their lost political glory.
“For the records, Governor Akeredolu, alongside other colleagues, left Nigeria for Dubai to attend the largest annual investment meeting in the United Emirates between March 28 and 31.
“It is, therefore, glaringly insidious for anyone to claim that a man who was with his brother governors in Dubai till March 31, which is exactly one week today, is being hospitalised in Germany.
”Journalism is about sacred truth. A journalist cross-checks facts and presents only the truth and not fabricated stories.”