Edo govt, APC bicker over alleged plan to cause crisis

Barely 3 weeks aft the Benin Airport onslaught that led to the decease of a constabulary officer, Inspector Akor Anuh, the Edo State Government and the authorities section of the All Progressives Congress, APC, person again bickered implicit alleged plans to origin a situation successful the state.

DAILY POST recalls that connected July 18, 2024, suspected governmental thugs attacked the reinstated lawman politician of the state, Philip Shaibu and Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC governorship candidate, astatine the Benin Airport connected accomplishment from Abuja.

The onslaught led to the decease of Police Inspector Akor Anuh, an adjutant to the APC governorship candidate.

At a property league connected Wednesday, Chris Nehikhare alleged that APC has a program to orchestrate civilian unrest successful Edo.

According to him: “Our attraction has been drawn to plans by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to orchestrate civilian unrest and origin mayhem successful the authorities nether the guise of protests and rallies successful bid to beforehand their obnoxious governmental agenda.

“Our findings uncover that the APC plans to incite civilian unrest successful the State and origin chaos nether the guise of riots and protests successful bid to disrupt the bid and stableness of the state.

“The Edo State Government is alert of their evil plans, and volition not beryllium idly and ticker them unleash mayhem connected the radical and origin chaos successful the State.”

He said further: “We telephone the attraction of each information agencies successful the State, including the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services (DSS), the Brigade Commander, 4 Brigade, Benin, among others, to instrumentality announcement of this heinous program by the APC to orchestrate civilian unrest and origin mayhem successful the State. ”

He avowed that the authorities authorities would spare nary efforts wrong the ambit of the instrumentality to forestall the planned onslaught connected the authorities and its radical and assured that anyone recovered culpable would beryllium brought to justice.

While noting that predetermination is not war, he, however, urged APC to refrain from its alleged divisive tactics and edifice to violence.

Reacting, Orobosa Omo-Ojo,

Director of Publicity, Edo APC Governorship Campaign Council, opined that Obaseki, Asue Ighodalo and PDP are haunted by the shade of their #EndBadGovernance protestation successful Edo State.

Omo-Ojo, alleged that the continued rehash of phantom puny stories by Governor Godwin Obaseki and his godson, Asue Ighodalo, is simply a reflection of their fearfulness of reprisals from Edo State people.

He alleged that the Edo radical precocious capitalized connected the #EndBadGovernance protestation that was besides allegedly sponsored by Obaseki against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to hunt for their hidden palliatives which the politician stored successful the houses of PDP leaders.

He said:”Edo radical volition callback however the politician organised the anti-federal authorities protestation astatine Oba Ovonramwen Square with N200 million, each successful his bid to demonise Tinubu and APC and punish Edo radical who helium has deprived of their palliatives.

“But contrary to Obaseki’s expectation, portion helium was addressing his PDP members and governmental aides helium gathered arsenic protesters, the existent protesters harkened to the telephone by APC to find their atom and different palliatives hidden successful Edo State Government warehouses and houses of PDP members.

“The existent protesters that were contiguous successful Ovonramwen Square hurled h2o sachets astatine Obaseki.

“Since our complaint to Edo radical to instrumentality backmost their rice, implicit 4 warehouses and backstage homes person been busted by bare men and women to cod what rightly belongs to them.

“The fearfulness of losing the full hidden grains had led to Obaseki’s abrupt hatred for organisers of the protestation who helium present calls, hoodlums and thugs, the aforesaid radical of persons helium praised for causing hardship connected the streets of Edo State.”

Omo-Ojo besides described the allegations arsenic a panic measurement by the authorities authorities to curry enactment successful the look of impending disqualification of PDP and its campaigner by the Independent National Electoral Commission, implicit the alleged forging of voter’s card.

Edo govt, APC bicker implicit alleged program to origin crisis