I am not taking money from any government parastatal to fund my political ambition, The Supervising Minister of Aviation, Chief Samuel Ortom has said.
Ortom denied the allegation in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos on Tuesday, describing the allegation as “malicious”. He dared anyone with evidence of such collection to publish it publicly.
“I state categorically that no parastatal or agency under the ministry or any official has been tasked to remit any money and no agency has ever made or any payments to me to fund my campaign,” Ortom said.
“I challenge anyone with proof of such to step forward and publish, for the general public.”
Ortom, who doubles as the Minister of State, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Investment, lamented that mischief makers and blackmailers behind the lies have syndicated the allegation to several media organisations.
“Their plan is to run me down in the media and other platforms, but by the grace of God and the discerning Nigerian public, they will surely fail,” Ortom said.
He said that a look at the report of the allegation indicated that its sponsors had failed to prove the allegations, adding that the allegations could never be proved because such a thing never happened.
