The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) says it will recover all the monies stolen by Governor Godwin Obaseki in the last eight years.
Speaking in an interview with TheScrutiny, Prince Kassim Afegbua, Director of Media, Edo APC Campaign Organisation said the people of Edo who are fed up with Obaseki’s abysmal performance will overwhelmingly vote the APC and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo in the September 21 governorship election.
According to Afegbua, Obaseki has killed the political economy of Edo and has run the state aground since taking over from Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in 2016.
“As we speak, Edo is owing N570 billion and it is number two in the states with the highest debt profile. He is also owing $153 million, which is additional N200 million”.
“In total, Edo is owing almost N800 million under Obaseki’s leadership at a time when the allocation of Edo has increased. In one year of Tinubu’s government, we have gotten over N270 billion, in terms of their IGR which is N64.7 billion; 13 percent derivation which is N22.3 billion; FAAC allocation N184 billion; N10 billion security support and N7 billion palliatives. Even it has gotten to a point that when they get support from the federal government, they hide them”.
” The 20 trucks of rice that they got, they went and hide them. Their plan was to rebag the rice the rice to bear the logo of Edo state government. Dangote brought 30,000 bags of rice but they hid them and never let anybody know about it. The federal government also brought several trucks of fertilisers but yet, farmers have not seen one grain of fertilisers”.
“God will not forgive them and we will retrieve every kobo that they have stolen from Edo. Let them cry to high heavens and continue their propaganda on Arise Television. Edo people will speak with one voice and it is going to be a referendum on September 21. Lagos cowboys are not needed in Edo”.
