A former governorship aspirant under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State, Banji Okunomo, has denied making a statement that was intended to denigrate the Ijaw in the build-up to the 2023 House of Representatives election in Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency of the state.
He said that any negative comment about the people of Arogbo-Ijaw did not emanate from him and as such should be disregarded.
In a statement in Akure, Okunomo, said: “My attention has just been drawn to a statement that was ascribed to me at the PDP stakeholders’ meeting.
“In the statement, they said I described the Arogbo/Ijaw people as interlopers in Ilaje/Ese-Odo Federal Constituency.
