My attention has been drawn to a post in the social media by a certain Sylvester Ibhane and been promoted by a section of some social media activists in Orhionmwon Progressive Forum to the effect that as Vice Chairman of Uhunmwode Local Government council my elder brother Hon Samson Osagie had a running battle with him at Egba Unit and other units in my ward within Uhunmwode Local Government Area during the February 23, Presidential and National Assembly Elections.
I wish to state categorically that nothing can be farther from the truth and that the story as far as it concerns Hon Samson Osagie and to the best of my knowledge is not only untrue but a figment of the imagination of the promoters.
Suffice to mention that Hon Samson Osagie was very instrumental along side all the illustrious sons and daughters of Egba to the success of APC in the said elections. He even took several trips to the local government headquarters to ensure success for the party. We never had any disagreements or disaffection as to how the elections should go because he is a very respectable member and one of the leaders of the party in the Local Government. He indeed organized the ward alongside other leaders a day to the elections.
It’s important to state that at Egba, Hon Samson Osagie is a very great asset having contributed to both human and capital development of the community particularly during his service in the National Assembly as representative of Orhionmwon and Uhunmwode Federal Constituency and Minority Whip of the House of Representatives between 2007 and 2015.
Of particularly interest is the ongoing Construction of Benin/Adumagbae- Egba- Akure Road which he continues to pursue to its completion even as Executive Director at the Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd.
It is therefore important to mention that it it is amateurish to insinuate that Hon Samson Osagie sabotage the election in Egba or anywhere in the ward.
I wish to therefore urge for restraint in the way people react to the outcome of the elections bearing in mind too that Hon Samson Osagie what once a Senatorial Candidate of the Party who also lost an election in 2015.
For the avoidance of doubt let me put it on record that the success of APC at Egba Unit in particular was as a result of the support Dr. Caesar Iyayi, Mr. Abel Omoruyi, Mr Julius Onaghise, Hon Samson Osagie and very many others who joined hand with me to deliver the unit to APC. It will be unfair to insinuate that Hon Samson Osagie did otherwise.
Hon. Edosa Iyayi
Vice Chairman
Uhunmwode LG Council
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