Diyala denies escape of its governor

Diyala, Baquba (IraqiNews.com) The media office of Diyala Governor, Omar al-Hameri, denied the news regarding the escape of the Governor for being involved in the bombing which targeted gathering of candidate election propaganda.The Director of the Governor Office, Turath al-Azawi, stated to the correspondent of IraqiNews.com “The news regarding the escape of the Governor is totally false and the Governor is still in Diyala and continued in performing his duty in addition to his electoral propaganda campaign.”Some Media outlets reported on Saturday that the Governor of Diyala province escaped to Kurdistan Region for being accused of the suicide bombing took place in Diyala province targeting a gathering of a candidate election campaign on last Saturday. \END\