Obaseki Has Failed To Protect Lives Of Edo People - APC Asks Edo Governor To Resign

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state has asked Governor Godwin Obaseki to resign his position as the state governor 'over his failure to protect lives of the people of Edo state'.

Asking the Obaseki to relinquish his position as the state governor, David Imuse, the state caretaker chairman Edo APC, in a statement, said that the Governor was clueless on how to govern the state.

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"He has failed in duty to uphold his oath of office to protect the lives and properties of Edo citizens, his penchant for disobeying court orders and his decision to plunge Edo state into more indebtedness with his recent clandestine borrowing of N25 billion from the capital market as the reasons for his call.

"No one is safe in Edo. The state is under siege. We have a governor who has lost focus. Fear and insecurity have become the order of the day, yet the Governor takes N700 million monthly as security vote. And so far he has not been able to deploy this huge amount to mobilise the security agencies in the state to fight criminality.

"A court recently ruled that the duly elected chairman of Etsako East Local Government Council who was illegally removed from office should go back to his seat. But the Governor, in disobedience of the Court, mobilised thugs to seal up the entrance of the Council Secretariat at Agenebode, denying the Chairman access.

"Because Edo state is designed to be governed by relevant laws”, Col Imuse said, “Edo APC is ready to take the bull by the horns, as it can no longer condone a governor who has no regard for the rule of law,” Imuse said.

Further faulting Obaseki for borrowing the sum of N25 billion from the capital market without telling Edo people, Imuse said:

"This loan is unacceptable to Edo people and Governor Obaseki must urgently return it or cancel it outrightly because it is to be repaid by Edo taxpayers and to make matters worse, his own company, Afrinvest is the stockbroker for the facility. This action of the governor is not only illegal, there is a clash of interest."