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For once Edo opposition PDP agrees with Oshiomhole, but…

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6 years ago

April 10, 2018

For once Edo opposition PDP agrees with Oshiomhole, but...

The opposition party in Edo State, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the call by a former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole that President Muhammadu Buhari should be ruthless with looters.

Oshiomhole is of the ruling party in the state, the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Edo PDP however, called on the federal government to start with Oshiomhole in ruthlessly dealing with looters, and argued, that the federal government, should extend the ruthlessness to all irrespective of the party they belong.

The party in a statement on Monday by its state publicity secretary, Chris Nehikhare stated that “Edo people feel cheated that Adams Oshiomhole has not been arraigned almost 2 years after losing his immunity protection. However, Edo people deserve praise for tolerating and surviving 8 years of Oshiomhole’s Brutal, Corrupt, Fraudulent, Wicked and anti-people government.

“Adams Oshiomhole assumed office with so much promise and expectations. At the end what was experienced by the people was disappointment, fraustration and hardship”.

He alleged that “Oshiomhole shamelessly defrauded the state and threw the state into debt. Today, the state is the 3rd most indebted state in Nigeria. The state is far poorer than he met it and Adams Oshiomhole is far richer than he was at the time he assumed office. Adams Oshiomhole’s government received well over N1trillion from the federation account and borrowed over N300billion even though he met a debt of only N4billion on assumption of office in 2008.

“As governor, he used an average of N500million as security vote for undisclosed unknown “urgent security challenges”. Curiously, the same amount and same narrative monthly for 48 months”.

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