Bloody hell pal you really are a toolbox short of a spanner. By evading the question he neither CONFIRMS or DENIES the rumour.
Definition of denial 1 : refusal to satisfy a request or desire <the denial of privileges> 2a (1) : refusal to admit the truth or reality (as of a statement or charge) <their denial of the divine right of kings> (2) : assertion that an allegation is false <her denial that she was involved>
6 psychology : defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality
By introducting a false dichotomy to our argument (claming i was in denial when actually i was asserting that Okolie had neither confirmed or denied the rumour) you have made it more obvious to me that you are either under the age of 12, special, or you have an IQ of around 70.
There is an old saying that fits this whole scenario perfectly. "Where there is smoke, there's fire".