Oshiomhole wasted N400bn in five years –Edo PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State on Wednesday alleged that the administration of Governor Adams Oshiomhole had received over N400bn since it assumed office in 2008 and collected loans worth billions of naira, but had not been able to justify what the funds were used for.

Addressing a press conference at the party’s state secretariat in Benin, Edo PDP chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, described, Tuesday’s fifth year anniversary celebration of Oshiomhole as self-aggrandizement and not worthy of celebration.

But the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Louis Odion, said PDP was never happy with anything that touched the lives of the people of the state positively.

Odion said he would be surprised if PDP members were to be happy “when the good people of Edo State and indeed all lovers of democracy gathered in Benin City to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the liberation of Edo people by Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from the toxic bondage of the PDP.”

However, Orbih, while carpeting the Oshiomhole-led administration, accused it of trying to embroil the judiciary in partisan politics, a move he said would spell doom for democracy.

He said, “Governor Adams Oshiomhole administration has collected over N400bn since 2008. This is apart from the N33.4bn he has collected in five years as the cost of running government. Oshiomhole has collected N19bn as security votes alone.

“What is on ground to show for all these monies? Oshiomhole has spent N47bn on drainages alone. He also went to the capital market to raise money for the Benin Storm Water Project. However, it is difficult to move from one point to another anytime it raiins in the state.”