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A former Commissioner for Communication and Orientation in Edo State, Efe Stewart, has denied his involvement in the political violence in the state.
Stewart stated that he has no hand in the attack on the convoy of the reinstated Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, and the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the September 21 election, Senator Monday Okpebholo,
Naija News reports that the attack led to the death of a police officer, Inspector Akor Onuh.
Stewart, who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the APC, was one of those the PDP and Edo State government accused of being behind the shooting.
However, speaking on Tuesday, the APC chieftain told newsmen in Benin that the allegation by the Edo State government was targeted at tarnishing his rising political profile and reputation.
He said he returned to the APC due to irreconcilable differences, after putting in resources and energy in his capacity as a chieftain of the ruling party in the state.
According to him, “This is to let Edo residents know that I was not involved in last Thursday’s political violence which claimed the life of a police officer.
“I left the PDP when it became obvious that I could not work with a political nitwit spearheading the PDP activities in my local government in Egor. I am too enlightened to be controlled by an illiterate and a motor park leader.”
He urged the public to disregard the falsehood in a statement by the government, which allegedly dragged him into the violence.
