FORMER Governor of Edo State and a former  PDP gubernatorial aspirant, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor, yesterday, denied media reports that he was campaigning for Governor Adams Oshiomhole for the July 14 governorship poll.

In a statement he issued in Benin City, Osunbor said: “My attention has been drawn to a publication with the above caption in the media reports. Variants of the same reports appeared in some other newspapers. I am making this clarification in order to put the record straight.” He said he did not have any need to canvass votes for Oshiomhole.

“As rightly reported, the purpose of my interaction with members of my community, Iruekpen, was to thank them for all their support and contributions to my political career. It was not a political rally as those who attended the event cut across all the major political parties just as they have always given me trans-party support over the years . Some of the remarks ascribed to me in the report were obviously  inaccurate.”

Osunbor said he did not have any need to canvass votes for Oshiomhole, stressing that his performance was speaking for him just as the performance of his party, PDP’s candidate was speaking for him.