Godwin Ayiyeh, the acting chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state has welcomed a probe by the present government.
This follows the former governor of Benue state Gabriel Suswam’s earlier declaration to be ready for any sort of probe by the present administration.
According to Ayiyeh, the PDP was not afraid of an investigation of its stewardship in the state, NAN reports.
Ayiyeh, however, insisted that the investigation must not be a witch-hunt.
He said: “We are not afraid of any probe, but any government that decides to carry out a probe, that probe must be justified. It must not be a probe to witch-hunt people who have passed through government. Let the probe be done justifiably. Let the people whom they want to probe be taken to court and allow the court processes to take its course.
“In Benue particularly, we have queried the rationale of the Kangaroo kind of probe, which the All Progressives Congress is doing because an administrative panel was turned into another committee to probe the government.
“All we are saying is that it should start in 1999 during George Akume’s time because that is where you will get the correct perspective of what actually happened in the state.
“Anything short of that is the impunity, which the APC is spearheading.”
Ayiyeh also denied receiving money from the APC-led government in the state, describing it as laughable.
He said: “I challenge anyone, including Governor Ortom, to come out and prove that they gave me money for whatever purpose.
“I have always stood tall for the PDP and I cannot compromise my standing for the party, not for whatever reasons.”
This comes after the Benue state government alleged that N48 billion meant for local government funds was diverted into private accounts during the eight-year tenure of Suswam.
This follows the former governor of Benue state Gabriel Suswam’s earlier declaration to be ready for any sort of probe by the present administration.
According to Ayiyeh, the PDP was not afraid of an investigation of its stewardship in the state, NAN reports.
Ayiyeh, however, insisted that the investigation must not be a witch-hunt.
He said: “We are not afraid of any probe, but any government that decides to carry out a probe, that probe must be justified. It must not be a probe to witch-hunt people who have passed through government. Let the probe be done justifiably. Let the people whom they want to probe be taken to court and allow the court processes to take its course.
“In Benue particularly, we have queried the rationale of the Kangaroo kind of probe, which the All Progressives Congress is doing because an administrative panel was turned into another committee to probe the government.
“All we are saying is that it should start in 1999 during George Akume’s time because that is where you will get the correct perspective of what actually happened in the state.
“Anything short of that is the impunity, which the APC is spearheading.”
Ayiyeh also denied receiving money from the APC-led government in the state, describing it as laughable.
He said: “I challenge anyone, including Governor Ortom, to come out and prove that they gave me money for whatever purpose.
“I have always stood tall for the PDP and I cannot compromise my standing for the party, not for whatever reasons.”
This comes after the Benue state government alleged that N48 billion meant for local government funds was diverted into private accounts during the eight-year tenure of Suswam.
