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‘Obaseki’s aides hatch plot to dupe gov of N300m’

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‘Obaseki’s aides hatch plot to dupe gov of N300m’

Media aides to Governor Godwin Obaseki have allegedly perfected plans to dupe the governor and the Edo State government.

The plot according to the state chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) will see the aides receive as much as N300 million to fight a non-existent war.

The PDP alleged that the aides to the All Progressives Congress (APC) governor have “sponsored a bogus, unsubstantiated and fallacious story in the press saying that South south and South east governors have given Edo PDP Chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, N800m to wage a media war in Edo state. They even went further to say Chief Orbih is using part of the money to continue work in his sixty room hotel along Adesuwa road in Benin City”.

The party in a statement on Saturday by Chris Osa Nehikhare, it’s State Publicity Secretary, said the “infantile story exposed EDSG and its employees as unserious, unimaginative, desperate, clueless and visionless. We are only responding because EDSG and by extension, Edo people would be defrauded of up to N300m in the first instance to fight a non existent media war. By planting such a fake story in the media space, their plan is to present a counter proposal to the government demanding N300m to fight their imaginary war.

“For the avoidance of doubt, Edo PDP or Chief Dan Orbih did not receive and does not need N800m from any governor to wage or intensify media war against Edo State government or any purpose whatsoever. The incompetence, lack of leadership and sincerity been exhibited by EDSG is the reason for the bad press they are getting. They are unable to account for rice, vegetable oil and used shoes given to them in trust for the North East IDPs in the state.

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“They boasted of setting up model farms across the state using Sobe as demonstration site, but failed woefully. Tayo Akpata University of Education exists only in name and to make matters worse, they say human trafficking and prostitution is part of our culture.

“In nearly ten years in power, this government was not able to build or equip or even rehabilitate a single hospital in the state. In their glaring ignorance and misplaced arrogance, EDSG credited ownership of the building along Adesuwa Road to Chief Dan Orbih and referred to it as a sixty room hotel. That building belongs to Dr. Ehigiamusoe, chief executive of LAPO and it is a medical diagnostic center. He identified government’s failure in the health sector, he identified the sufferings of Edo people in the hands of this clueless and hapless government in regards to provision of health facilities. He decided to intervene!

“Edo state government and its spin doctors have sunk to a new low. They now concoct stories in a shameless manner to elicit sympathy from the good people of Edo state. Edo people are wiser now. They cannot be fooled. However, if governor Obaseki is man enough to apologize for the “misappropriated” rice, his government may get some reprieve”.

 

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