by By Admin
The Director General of the Caterpillar Movement, Chief Joe Obi Bisong has described as malicious, mischievous, baseless, false, misleading and a figment of political jobbers imagination, the report that emanated from Paradise News and published by Opera News alleging that Sen. Sandy Onor declared intention to contest the 2023 governorship election during the inaugural planning meeting of the Central Planning Committee for the burial of Elder Statesman, Chief Wilfred Oden Inah.
In a release made available to The Lumine News, Chief Obi denied that there was no declaration to run for any office at the said venue as quoted.
The relrase reads in full “The attention of the Caterpillar Movement has been drawn to a publication that purported to have emanated from paradise news and published by Opera News official to the effect that Distinguished Sen Prof Sandy Onor declared to run for the Guber race of Cross River State in 2023. Without any fear of contradiction, the statement is mischievous, baseless, false and misleading.
“As someone who was at the inaugural meeting of the Central Planning Committee for the burial of Elder Statesman, Chief Wilfred Oden Inah, I want to state categorically that there was no declaration to run for any office at that venue.
The Distinguished Senator’s speech was limited to the life, times and burial of Late Chief Wilfred Inah whom he described as an Icon Extraordinary who lived a succinctly simple, sincere and steadfast life.
Senator Onor stated that this is the inuagural meeting of the Central Planning Committee (CPC) for the burial of Late Chief Wilfred Oden Inah held today in Calabar on Friday, January 15, 2021. In my capacity as Chairman of the CPC, I charge members of the committee and sub-commitees to put in their best to give the late icon a befitting burial. Speaking further, he said:
We all know why we are here; our father, brother, uncle, an extraordinary icon deserves a befitting burial. Chief was blessed with biological children. He also adopted a lot of us as sons and he spoke about a lot of them to me each time we had the opportunity to discuss and I can see us here.
“We must do everything possible to give chief the kind of befitting burial he deserves. I would charge all of us, to throw in all that we can to make that possible. Chief deserves no less and am sure by the grace of God we would find favour, we would find the resources to do exactly that.
“In attendance were the representatives of the Family, Ugep community, St Patrick’s Parish Calabar, The Catholic men organization of the same Church, Knights of St Mulumba Nigeria, Association of retired permanent secretaries, representatives of government of cross River State, friends and close associates.
“The meeting lasted for 1 hour, after which the Distinguished Senator proceeded to visit the Late Chief Inah’s widow in their Federal Housing residence where he signed the condolence register.
An elder statesman of repute, Chief Inah was a one time secretary of the Cross River State Civil Service Commission, Head of Service of Cross River State, Commissioner in the Federal Character Commission and gubernatorial aspirant of the defunct National Republican Convention(NRC). He is survived by a wife, children and grandchildren. In more senses than one, the death of such an icon should in no circumstance be polticised by political jobbers.
Please be guided”
Joe Obi Bisong
Director General
Caterpillar Movement
