Nigerian Concord Newspaper
Nigerian Concord Newspaper can authoritatively report the direct involvement of the Special Adviser to Governor Hyacinth Alia on Research, Documentation and Strategy, Mr. Mkor Donatus Aondona in a N12 million fraud.
This newspaper gathered that Mkor Aondona who was sacked for an established case of rape and sexual harassment in the Benue State University where he was working as a lecturer had raised a fraudulent proposal where he has been obtaining funds running to millions of Naira from unsuspecting members of the public under the guide of setting up a SPECIAL STRATEGIC STANDING MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM for Governor Hyacinth Alia.
Members of the fraudulent media team according to a disclaimer from the official media office of the governor led by one Kula are Dr. Mkor Aondona Donatus – Team Leader, Solomon Semaka- member, Orseer Mnzulga- member, Bede Bartholomew-member , Benjamin Tyokegh -member, Tofi Terlumun Ternenge- member, James Ornguga- member, Jabez Bem Ordedoo -member, Jude Oche and Ternenge Tivfa Aondohemba -member.
According to the governor’s official media office, Mkor Aondona has been writing unauthorized letters under his letter head paper to demand funds from unsuspecting associates of the governor to set up the ‘illegal” team.
Even though he raised a proposal of N12m to set up the “special media team”, Mkor Aondona had reportedly received credit alerts worth more than N38 million from some associates of the governor. One of them is Engineer Sylvanus Ghasarah.
It was gathered that Mkor was able to convince his victims that the media team would be used to fight and blackmail some Benue APC stakeholders, the opposition parties as well as all the people that are presumed as Governor Alia’s political enemies.
Not impressed with the development, Governor Alia’s official media office issued a statement where it disowned the initiative, calling it a fraud.
The media office alleged that Mkor Aondona was using the governor’s name to illegally extorting millions of Naira from their victims.
Disowning the illegal media team further, the official media office of the governor said that Governor Alia didn’t set up direct or assign anyone to constitute a media team for him for any purpose.
Meanwhile, Mkor Aondona has denied setting up the special media team without the approval of the state governor.
He denied the allegation from the Governor’s official media office in a press statement he posted on his Facebook page this afternoon.
The statement from Mkor Aondona reads:
I woke up today and read an inferential post from Mr. Tersoo Kula regarding the setting up a strategic media response team for the projection and defence of the policy programmes,policies and achievements of my principal,the Executive Governor,Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iornem Alia.
2. In the said publication,which I have authoritatively gathered that was not authorized by His Excellency,Mr. Kula Tersoo very petty,false and denigrating analogies,insinuations and inferences with reference to the team and its noble objectives,possibly all as a result of the figment of his supposed frenzy and bizarre imaginations.
3. Without prejudices and consent to the contents of Mr. Tersoo Kula’s hasty and malicious outing on the genuine and passionate commitment of the strategic media response team,I wish to state as follows:
a) That the concept and initiative of setting up an ad hoc strategic media response team was mine,and is intended to address the visible lapses so far observed in the projection and defence of the policy programmes ,issues and achievements of the Alia Administration.
b) That I need to approval or permission from Mr. Tersoo Kula to undertake an ad hoc assignment that is meant to advance the good cause and image of my Principal,Governor Hyacinth Alia, that of his administration in which I am serving most especially in the face of media challenges,which I know have even superlative ideas and approaches to address.
c) That I have my personal friends,relations and elders,whose relationship with me dates back before I was appointed as a Special Adviser. This set of people and my relationship with them is based on mutual understanding respect,appreciation and love for me as a person and for anything I consider dear to my heart. Just they are aware of my passion for the success and reelection of Governor as in 2027 to be dear to my heart. To this extent, they have been a huge source of success stories before and now. For Mr. Tersoo Kula to claim that monies were collected from people without his consent wrongly for the purpose of the strategic media response team under me,tells much about the mischievous intention of Mr. Tersoo Kula.
d) I wish to state that the idea and approval for me to embark on this project was in consonance with a discussion I had with my Principal,the Executive Governor.
e) Furthermore,I wish to state it clear that the list of persons who are on the proposed list was not without their consent. I called each and everyone of them and informed them of this ad hoc assignment. Someone like Orseer Mngulga even recommended three names which included in the list.
f) The funny aspect of this scenario is that one Jane Atsegha told me she wanted to be part of the team,and possibly the only woman on the team. I objected to this request because the assignment is too sophisticated for certain brains.She later told me to give her “something” small out what Chief Sylvanus Ghasarah told her he gave me as his support to my project, as according to her she knew Dr. Sylvanus Ghasarah longtime, and he hinted her of his support to this project. This too ,I declined because the objective of my project is not to share “something small” At this point, Jane Atsegha flared up and said she was going to destroy the project and possibly inform Mr. Kula Tersoo of it. Which of course she has done.
To me, I wish to make it categorically clear that “ mnjirim ma yange tom ga”. I am bent on achieving the goal of ensuring the success of the Alia Administration.
Meanwhile, you may kindly wish to find below the screenshots of Dr. Sylvanus Ghasarah reaction to the act of mischief by Jane Atsegha which I told him,and the screenshot of the endorsement and notification of Mr. Orseer Mnzulga as part of the team. As of fact, three names in the list were recommended by Orseer Mnzulga.