Olu Samuel, Lokoja

The Kogi state government has described as “fake new the report in some online platforms that the state governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo has approved the creation of the office of the immediate past Governor.

A statement issued on Tuesday by the Chief press secretary to the governor,Dr
Oladele John Nihi said that such statement was a concotion of “phychotic mischief makers”.

The ste government said that the statement should be disegarded.

The statement reads;

“The attention of the Kogi State Government has been drawn to a mischievous report that the Governor of Kogi State, His Excellency, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has approved the establishment of the “Office of the Immediate Past Governor” to be domiciled in the Government House.

“The fake news should be disregarded as the handiwork of psychotic mischief makers, who have been thrown into confusion by the unprecedented achievements of our former Governor, His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, CON, and the realisation that the good people of Kogi State sincerely appreciate this.”

The CPS said that “the laughable report was concocted to create disaffection and mislead the public but the authors failed woefully to confuse intelligent Nigerians”.

We thank the media for exercising restraint and detecting, on their own, that the report was fake.

We, however, urge the general public to always fact-check before spreading fake news.