Onyejeocha Dismisses Attack over Victory at Tribunal as Mischievous

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Hon. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, has described as baseless and mischievous, media campaign orchestrated by a group against her recent victory at the Election tribunal, restoring her seat at the  House of Representatives.

A statement by her Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Emameh Gabriel, stated that Onyejeocha saw her victory at the tribunal as a collective triumph for members of her party, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It described the statement credited to one Abidemi Johnson, alleging that Onyejeocha was plotting to unseat the Speaker of the House of Representatives as baseless and laughable.

“Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to one Abidemi Johnson, a yet to be identified lady, who claims to be the convener of Coalition of Asiwaju Progressive Woman (CAPW) in which she tagged the Honourable Minister of States for Labour and Employment, Barr. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, as ungrateful and plotting to cause a leadership crisis in the House of Representatives.

“The so-called Abidemi also in the statement alleged that the Honourable Minister dolled out dollar to a yet to be identified group to launch a media campaign for her to unseat the current Speaker of House Representatives, Hon. Abbas Tajudeen.

“We want to state clearly that these are pointblank lies sponsored by her political enemies, who have no line between darkness and light; morality or absurdity. This is indeed not only laughable but also calls for thorough investigation,” she explained. 

The statement also claimed that allegations did not by any way come to the minister as a surprise, adding: “We have had wind of several plots before hand to launch a media campaign against her, should the judgment at the Tribunal turn out in her favour. That is the scenario being enacted in their desperation to pull her down.”