Sentences with phrase «governor said the allegation»

The governor said the allegation was meant to destroy the integrity of the pastor and silence his critical and principled voice of truth and dissent in a nation fast becoming a one - party state.»

On the accusation that the Benue government had hired machinery to fight on behalf of the state the governor said the allegation was untrue.

Not exact matches

Speaking during the debate, central bank governor Stournaras said secret witness testimonies implicating himself and his wife, who runs a communications and consultancy company specializing in the health sector, were lies, and called for the parliamentary investigative committee to be set up to look into all allegations.

The Department's Office of Special Investigations says it is «reviewing the allegations» against Mr. Bettencourt after being pressured by Governor Pataki and Senator D'Amato of New York.

Director of the Association for Christian Teachers, Clive Ireson, says: «While the allegation of the Islamist agenda in some of Birmingham's schools is very worrying, we must not allow this criticism to be reflected onto all Muslim governors.

However, the Speaker of the state House of Assembly described the allegation as untrue and irresponsible, saying that they only went for an induction which was supposed to hold last year, insisting that no plot to impeach the deputy governor was discussed.

He disclaimed the allegation that the financial challenges facing some states was the cause of their governors, saying the cash crunch tormenting the states was a product of national economic imbroglio.

Andrew Cuomo's mother, Matilda, today called Carl Paladino's allegations that her son enagaged in extramarital affairs while married to Kerry Kennedy «garbage» and said her grandchildren will «rise above» this ugly turn in the governor's race.

«Unlike Governor Cuomo who initially refused to return the more than $ 100,000 from known - creep Harvey Weinstein and wound up being the last person in the country to return his tainted money, we made the decision to donate Mr. Wynn's money on the same day the allegations broke,» Proud said.

«What I can say at this moment is that there are no allegations of any wrongdoing or misconduct by the governor anywhere in this complaint.

Cuomo actually does come up in the allegations, very tangentially: At one point in the U.S. attorney's complaint, Smith is quoted as having said to an undercover F.B.I. agent, as part of an explanation for why the Republican county chairmen were unlikely to go back on a bribe - based bargain with him, «I got them already asking me about judgeships, because judgeships now come through here, it comes through the governor.»

The governor reiterated that he said Lopez, who at his pinnacle was a major power in Brooklyn politics at Democratic leader, should resign if the allegations are true.

«I'll tell you the truth: I was totally shocked on a number of levels,» Governor Cuomo said of the allegations that Silver used his office to help politically connected real estate developers in their state business.

There has never been a public allegation or evidence that Cuomo had an affair, and Kennedy recently said she would be backing her former spouse for governor.

Asked at a news conference Thursday about Cuomo, Bharara said, «There are no allegations of wrongdoing by the governor anywhere in this complaint.

The governor would not say whether JCOPE should look into the settlement or the pace with which Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver moved to respond to the allegations about Lopez.

At an unrelated event Thursday, Cuomo denied an allegation made by the party's state director, Bill Lipton, who claimed the governor said, «If unions or anyone give money to any of these groups, they can lose my number.»

«Pursuant to the Governor's executive order, we will vigorously investigate the allegations for which jurisdiction has been granted,» Singas said.

With regards to the governor, the state said there are no allegations he was involved in or personally notified about any complaints.

Governor Cuomo said this week he does not believe it's appropriate to have a face - to - face meeting until an ongoing Erie County District Attorney investigation into allegations the Seneca Gaming Authority eavesdropped on state gaming officials concludes.

Ironically, Albany's ethics watchdog, JCOPE, which critics say is too close to the governor — if not controlled outright by him — is reportedly investigating allegations that Libous used his political clout to secure a job as a politically - connected Hudson Valley law firm for his son.

Army / Shiites clash: Our roles to save lives - El - Rufai Following allegations of bias, Governor Malam Nasir El - Rufai of Kaduna State has said that his government had to take certain actions immediately after the clash between the Nigerian Army and members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria to halt further threat to lives and property.

The source said «The INEC management has raised an investigative team to look at the controversy over the allegation of double registration by the governor.

said he does not care if Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun state, exist, describing the allegation levelled against him by the ex governor as a «hoax».

Controversial Senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu has said he does not care if Gbenga Daniel, former governor of Ogun state, exist, describing the allegation levelled against him by the ex governor as a «hoax».

Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, said on Friday that the ruling All Progressives Congress had threatened the foundation of democracy by its orchestrated intimidation of the judiciary through false allegations and illegal arrests.

Governor Cuomo is threatening to bring new competitors into the Buffalo - Niagara area, while the Senecas accuse his administration of leaking word of an investigation into allegations their lawyer says were found without merit.

When the story first broke of the domestic violence allegations lodged against Johnson by his ex-girlfriend, Sherr - una Booker, and the governor's involvement in the case, Gillibrand spoke out strongly against the man to whom she owes her seat, saying he should resign if the report that he abused his power turned out to be true.

A spokeswoman for the former governor says there's no truth to the allegation.

John Cahill, who was a top aide and law partner to former Governor George Pataki, called a report in Monday's New York Post «very disturbing» and said Schneiderman, not his spokesman, should address the allegation.

«Unlike Governor Cuomo who initially refused to return the more than $ 100,000 from known - creep Harvey Weinstein and wound up being the last elected official in the nation to return his tainted money, we made the decision to donate Mr. Wynn's money on the same day the allegations broke,» Proud said.

The governor said the new plot was in furtherance to his earlier allegation that Fayemi, in cahoots with leaders and stalwarts of the All Progressives Congress in Ekiti and Abuja, were seeking to return to power through the backdoor, by enlisting a section of the Judiciary to revisit the 2014 governorship election in the state.

«I said it before and I'll say it again: there's no allegation of wrongdoing on the part of the governor in this indictment,» Bharara said.

The governor's special advisor on people with disabilities, Clarence Sundram, says the bill creates a new special prosecutor and inspector general to look into allegations of abuse and neglect, and prosecute if there's evidence of criminal activities.

«When the complainant made these allegations, they were immediately referred to the Governor's Office of Employee Relations for an investigation,» Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever said in a statement.

In a statement Tuesday night, Singas said, «Pursuant to the Governor's executive order, we will vigorously investigate the allegations for which jurisdiction has been granted.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, says it is still investigating the immediate past governor of Enugu state, Sullivan Chime, over allegations that he...

Alhaji Danladi Wada, who is the chairman of one of the factions, said on Sunday «This briefing is sequel to 48 hours ultimatum / query and warning issued to the state governor to explain and defence himself against the allegations leveled against him which he failed to respond.

The governor also debunked the allegation that farmers killed some 2,000 herdsmen and stole their cattle, saying that the person making the allegation had yet to substantiate it and other claims he had made.

The governor also denied that he ceded part of Agatu land to Fulani herdsmen, saying his political enemies were behind the allegation.

That cover - up report was never published and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office is strongly denying the allegation, saying in a statement: «To be clear, no such conversation between the governors happened, in fact no report of any kind was ever done, and whatever the admitted Bridgegate architect thought or dreamt about New York's involvement has no basis in fact.»

But, Governor Ahmed in a press statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Abdulwahab Oba, said the allegations levelled against him by the people of Tsaragi, was a shocking, unfair and inappropriate representation of what transpired during a peace meeting he had with the people of the community.

Among other allegations, federal prosecutors said the governor tried to trade or sell Obama's vacant Senate seat.

Few days after Senator Dino Melaye made the allegation against the police and Kogi state governor, the Kogi state police command reportedly paraded some gangsters whom they said indicted one Mr. Melaye.

«The more recent allegations reported on by The [New York] Times would be extremely troubling if true - but the conclusions reached by the Times report are not supported by the facts,» the Democratic governor said in a statement.

Recall that when the issue of how the refunds were managed by the governors was first raised, and allegations of non-payment of salaries and pensions were made despite release of the refunds, some of the governors defended their actions by saying that part of the funds were also used in paying consultants engaged to work out what would accrue to the states.

While describing Fayose's stance as laughable, the opposition party in the state said the governor's «recalcitrant action» was a confirmation of the party's earlier allegation that he had misappropriated the fund.

The governor who was speaking through his Director General, Media and Publicity, Kingsley Fanwo said «We have not said anything about the allegation because we have to allow our legal team take it up and expose the incoherence and falsehood surrounding the politically orchestrated allegation.

The investigation «caused the demise of an administration and then no one has done anything more,» said lawyer Oscar Michelen, who represents David Johnson, the Paterson aide at the center of domestic violence allegations that ensnared the governor.

He said, «Governor Wike's allegations are baseless and unfortunate.