Edo 2024: Obaseki, Man Of Many Crisis By Justin Besta Ozeoya

Edo 2024: Obaseki, Man Of Many Crisis By Justin Besta OzeoyaTake a careful look at the coming of Godwin Obaseki as Governor of Edo State till now, you will agree that he’s a myriad of problems. From one crisis to another and not a day of peace and progress in our state.

    First was Inauguration of the newly elected members of the Edo state Assembly, he disenfranchised 14 Assembly constituencies in the state by refusing to swear in their representatives. Many were seized with awe.

   He then raised a false alarm against Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomole who shopped for him and made him Gov. He lied that Oshiomole was interfering with governance and so he couldn’t concentrate. The people gave him benefit of the doubts, as he sort political shelter in PDP.  As soon as he left, APC started to know peace. But it was no longer at ease in PDP. He branded their Leaders Vultures and banned them from government house.

He forced a parallel Congress and created a “Gov group” in PDP. He abandoned the original Party Executives and Leaders and gathered yes men and women to himself. You are not allowed any dissenting voice with Gov Godwin Obaseki. 

He then conspired with some Enigies and turned to fight His Royal Majesty, the Oba of Benin.

Meeting stiff resistance from the general public over his desiccation of the Benin Palace, he turned against his Deputy Comrade Philip Shaibu and forcefully removed him from office. 

Right now he’s ranting against President Bola Ahmed Tinubu threatening to burn down the whole country. What a man of unsettling and chaotic character? Something is certainly wrong with this Gov. who have received Federal allocation in trillions and can not account for it. Who has received palliatives to cushion the effects of current hardship and hunger, but would not distribute to Edo people. But he’s also the one building podium to address protesters in King square Benin city.

Check out the whooping sum of over 5 trillion that Gov Godwin Obaseki received in just this year alone and judge for yourself whether we should have any business with hardship and hunger? This is more than what Dr S O Ogbemudia , Prof. Ambrose Folorunsho Ali, Chief Lucky Nosakhare Igbinedion and Comrade Adams Aliyu Oshiomole put together received as allocations and yet Gov Godwin Obaseki has nothing to show for it.

Honesty, decency and integrity are hall marks of good and responsible leadership. 

Gov Godwin Obaseki is more known as a serial betrayer, propagandist and a terrible nightmare in terms of governance.

Failure begets failure, if by mistake, he’s allowed to hoist his godson on Edo state, God forbid, anarchy will not adequately describe the state of Edo state because birds of same plumage flock together.

Reject Obaseki and Ighodalo now. A word is enough for the wise.