Former Edo state Chief of Staff, Honourable Patrick Obahiagbon has denied speaking on the Supreme Court pronouncement on Imo state government election.
In a press statement on Thursday, the former House of Reps member said he never spoke publicly on the apex court’s decision. He warned those who were peddling the fake news to desist from doing so.
“The press statement currently circulating in the social media as purportedly emanating from my stable has been brought to my piazza.
“It has become a notorious platitudinous fact that some Nigerians have become inured and inebriated with the fecund and goebbelian practice of stringing together, phrases from my archived public asseverations and representing them to emanate from me, especially on the heels of de-die-in-diem historic national events.
“I wouldn’t have reacted to this like a vaudeville of others before it but for the fact that i have been quagmired with various calls the world over to confirm the veracity or mendacity of my aforesaid authorship, especially when the said statement dripped with amphibolous crinkum crankum.
“Let me urge members of the public to discountenance the said statement purported to have emanated from my stable. It was not from the son of Igodomigodo.
“May I also use this opportunity to appeal to Nigerians who are always desirous of hearing from me on national issues to always “COOLI COOLI, COOLI TEMPER, until anytime I am always cornucopiously aroused to publicly take a position on extant national matters.
“I felicitate again (even though that has been done privately) with the elected governor of Imo State, His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma and I wish him well as he strives to cleanse the Augean stables in Imo state.”
![Rev. Fr. Anthony Odiong, a US-based Nigerian Louisiana Catholic priest, was arrested in Florida on Tuesday for possessing child pornography, according to law authorities. The suspect is reportedly accused of many other cases of sexual assault. The Waco, Texas, Police Department announced in a Facebook post on Tuesday that officers detained Father Anthony Odiong in Ave Maria, Florida, with assistance from the United States Marshals Service. Waco police announced in March that they had received "credible information" about a sexual assault allegedly committed by Odiong in Texas in 2012. “During the subsequent investigation, a case of possession of child pornography was uncovered,” the police said. The priest was apprehended in Florida by the Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force. The Waco Police Department said that he will be extradited to Texas. Odiong had previously served in the Archdiocese of New Orleans before being removed as priest in December of last year due to controversy over homilies in which he claimed, among other things, that the Catholic Church was being taken over by "the gays." At the time, the priest was also accused of abusive behaviour; a Louisiana lady claimed in U.S. bankruptcy court that Odiong had committed both financial and sexual abuse against her. Prior to joining the New Orleans Archdiocese, Odiong served in at least two Texas parishes. On Tuesday, Waco police stated that during their sexual assault investigation, "the presence of other survivors was revealed." “Multiple women have come forward to tell similar experiences as the sexual assault survivor who reported the initial allegation,” the police department said. “Survivors’ experiences ranged from sexual assault and indecent assault, more commonly recognised as groping, and financial abuse, with some survivors experiencing every element of Anthony Odiong’s manipulation.” The police said they “believe there may be more survivors, and we wish to speak with anyone who [has] had similar encounters” with the priest. The Archdiocese of New Orleans issued a brief news release on Tuesday noting Odiong's arrest in Florida. The archdiocese “encourages anyone with any information to contact law enforcement,” the release said.](https://chronicle.ng/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/ezgif-6-4730550ede-450x300.jpg "Odiong: US-based Nigerian Catholic priest convicted over sexual assault")
