Oshiomhole replies Orubebe

Edo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has declared that the recent outburst of the former Minister of Niger Delta, Godsday Orubebe, against his person was out of fear of being caught up in the planned probe of the current administration.
Orubebe, the governor added, was specifically afraid of the planned probe because of the several billions of naira squandered on the East-West road and on the Amnesty programme while he (Orubebe) held sway as the Minister of the Niger Delta Affairs.
“We are not surprised at the timing of Orubebe’s latest outburst. It is no doubt not unconnected with the planned probe by President Muhammadu Buhari of the billions of naira allocated to the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, even as the East-West road remains in bad shape and the probe of the fleecing of amnesty funds under his watch”, the governor said in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Peter Okhiria.
The statement added: “We are aware that Orubebe, the perpetual noise maker has raised the decibel of his noise a notch higher so that he would have a ready-made defence of witch-hunting if he is indicted in the planned probe of Amnesty funds”.
The governor also accused the former Minister of contributing to the dismal failure of the administration of former president Goodluck Jonathan as result of his incompetence and corruption, stressing that a person like Orubebe should not be allowed again to participate in the politics of the country.
“It is no surprise that the former president, Goodluck Jonathan, failed woefully because he surrounded himself with such charlatans as Godsday Orubebe, whose only credential is his ethnic origin and the large size of his bowler hat.
“It is no wonder that Nigeria was at a state of near collapse until President Muhammdu Buhari came on a rescue mission and rendered people like Orubebe irrelevant.
“Never again will characters like Orubebe take us on the path of Golgotha; never again will they hold sway in the affairs of Nigeria and ruin the collective aspiration of the people,” the statement ready in part.

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The Edo State governor also maintained that Orubebe ought to be in prison by now for his un-ministerial conduct during the election, which he said was capable of truncating the nation’ nascent democracy.
“Does Orubebe really think Nigerians are fools, does he truly believe Nigerians have forgotten so soon the ignoble role he played in his attempt to truncate the release of the election results and announcement of the eventual winner of that election, a move which could have plunged the nation into another civil war?
“Is it not a shame that Orubebe who should be cooling off his heel in jail for that failed plot to truncate democracy has now found a convoluted voice?, the governor asked.

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