The Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole of financial reckless.
The latest allegation comes on the heel of allegations that the governor signed the sum of N76 million and N66 million, on November 28 and 29, 2014 respectively, for the commissioning of projects by the presidential candidate of the APC, Maj.Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, and a national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Speaking through, chairman , Chief Dan Orbih, at Igboubazuwa, headquarters of Ovia South-West Local Government Area of the state, during a rally organized to welcome defectors from the APC to the PDP, the opposition party noted that this and other acts of financial misappropriation were seriously depleting the resources of the state.
“Governor Oshiomhole sat in his office and signed two vouchers to commission projects on 28th and 29th November. In those vouchers, it was written, ‘voucher to commission projects in Edo State by two eminent Nigerians, Retired General Muhammadu Buhari and Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.’
“In those vouchers, the sum of N76 and N66 million were signed away simply to cut tapes for projects that had earlier been commissioned.
“How else do you define a thief and corrupt governor? How can a government sign away N142 million just for Buhari and Tinubu to come to cut a tape? Never before in the history of this state have we witnessed this level of fraud and misappropriation of public fund, Orbih said.
Orbih who claimed that the said projects had earlier been commissioned also called on the two APC chieftains “to stay away from Edo State because our accounts are usually emptied to rob their over-bloated ego,” as their actions indicated that they did not love the state.
However, in a reaction to dispel the insinuation, Oshiomhole’s Commissioner for Information, Mr Louis Odion, denied the PDP’s claims, saying vouchers quoted by the PDP to make the claims were forged.
“With Comrade Oshiomhole commissioning world-class projects all over Edo State in the last two months, we knew PDP would be gnashing their deformed teeth in envy. But we least expected that malice would push them into forging vouchers to back up a shameless lie in their evil desperation to tarnish Oshiomhole golden records,” Odion said.