EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Monday alleged perjury on Governor Adams Oshiomhole over his 60th birthday celebration when, according to the party, he was actually 61.

In a press conference addressed by the Edo PDP Chairman, Dan Orbih, the party said the governor had always claimed in his public records that he was born on April 4, 1953, but that he deposed to an affidavit in May last year that he was born in 1952. He called for the governor's removal from office.


However, the governor's Special Adviser (Media), Kassim Afegbua, described the PDP leaders in the state as "jobless (people), who for lack of anything worthwhile, pick on unimportant things," adding: "They are busy body. The governor came out and told the whole world that he celebrated his 61st birthday.


"The PDP people are jobless, if not, they wouldn't call a press briefing over the governor's age. By the time we got to know it was 60 (years) written on the programme, it was too late to amend.


"There is no dilemma in all these. The governor did not spend a dime on the event, friends put it up and that was why they called it colloquy."


According to Orbih, "the governor said he was born on April 4, 1953. Even last year, he celebrated 59 years and since he was sworn into office, he has consistently maintained that he was born on April 4, 1953.


"If you go to the official website of Edo State, you will see it clearly. It is on Wikipedia, but on Monday (April 4), fellow governors were celebrating him on the pages of newspapers. The President of this country was informed and he sent a congratulatory message to him at 60, and of course Edo State PDP, seeing what was going on, had to come out to celebrate him - the first time you see opposition party celebrate someone in power."


He added: "We believed that the governor was 60, but as a responsible party, we searched to discover whether he was saying the truth. We discovered that the governor, precisely on May 4, 2012, went to the High Court to swear to an affidavit to the effect that he was born on April 4, 1952.


"You can now appreciate the dilemma we are facing. In the history of the world, no man has been born in two separate years. This is perjury, it is Labour rascality and we have our children watching and democracy can never be deepened that way, when leaders lie unperturbed.


"The governor, throughout the event, never stood up to correct the misnomer. This is a challenge to us all and we have no choice than to ask him to resign immediately. Adams Oshiomhole must go!"

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Posted: at 9-04-2013 09:00 PM (11 years ago) | Hero

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