12th, September, 2024
We read with disgust on the centre page of the vanguard Newspaper dated 11th, September, 2024, the lamentations and lies of the current Governor of Edo state.
We watched with shock and with very annoying disbelieve the online video of Gov. Obaseki reporting to his political appointees how powerless he has become, 10 days to the Governorship election in Edo State.
Why this cry now from an OPPRESSOR? Oh! It has suddenly dawned on him that Edo People have rejected him and the Candidate he forced on the PDP, an action which led to the original owners of PDP moving out of the house they built and maintained for years.
Obaseki refused to sware in Law Makers who won elections thereby depriving the people of that constituency representation for bad 8 years.
This same man refused to sware in Judges of the EDO state High court for months even after the NJC has cleared these individuals despite repeated calls from journalists, CSOs, The NBA etc, until he was about to start campaign for his direct offspring who has claimed that he will begin from where Obaseki stopped. God forbid! Edo says, God forbid!
Obaseki used the instrumentality of the Law, compusorily acquired Edo peoples properties claiming it was Government property and began to demolish the properties amid tears, pain, frustrations, suicide and attempted suicide by Edo citizens. When it was then brought to his attention by the court that these properties in issue where acquired by Edo citizens and that the same government issued these persons with CofOs, and therefore the demolition should stop. Obaseki disregarded the Law and the courts and went ahead with the demolition heartlessly as always.
This same man banished the governing board of AAU and began to run the university through a consultant. The same goes for the EDO Specialist Hospital. Edo People voiced out their displeasure over his high handedness but he rubbished us further by allowing these consultants to set the tution fee that students can not afford and medical treatment fees that only him and members of his cabinet can afford, while the ordinary Edo citizens suffer. As far as he was concerned, more IGR was needed to satisfy his greed and it didn't matter to him and his wife that children can nolonger have access to health care and affordable education.
As if the pain his Government is inflicting on the People was not enough, he went ahead to constitute the Edo State Security Network, and on the face of it claimed that it was for the employment of Edo youth in order to check insecurity. However, the real intention was just like that of Napoleon in "The Animal Farm" , to oppress any opposition before and during the election of his puppet candidates. These strong, intelligent and hardworking youths of My Dear Edo state were armed by Obaseki with various dangerous weapons to threaten, injure, mime and kill their brothers.
Obaseki extended his hands of oppression to the private school owners, transporters, keke drivers, POS operators, Our Mothers in the markets through his puppet Local Government Council chairmen who collected very oppressive levies from our people on a daily basis, while those who refuse to pay are chased down like animals and dragged before a one-sided mobile court set up by the OPPRESSOR.
The issue of Obaseki's oppressive hands extending to the palace of our revered Royal father, "Omo no Oba ne Edo, Uku akpolokpolo," Oba Eguare the II of Benin is an open secret.
All these years, we in Edo watched with pain and tears, praying for the day of our salvation.
Today! A man of Justice we in Edo have found in President Ahmed Bola Tinubu. Now we see the OPPRESSOR crying to those he has oppressed for over the worse 7 years of the history of Edo People.
The Almighty God of heaven reject your cry!
The principalities, powers and rulers of this world turn their backs on you, Obaseki!
The dead rejoice in their rest seeing this day of your lamentations!
The children of Edo state that you have kept out of school because of election and denied affordable health care curse you with their gibberish words that only God can understand!
President Tinubu, I embrace you with the eyes of my heart, though you are a distant away from me. I congratulate you for allowing the Law take its full course against men like Obaseki who think they are above the Law.
Please Mr. President, the blood of Officer Akor who was murdered in cold blood in Benin Airport still cry out to you for justice. The family he left behind now suffer from the pain and frustration of this unlawful homicide. Please don't let them wait for too long.
The current Government of Edo state is a disgrace to Democracy and the worse thing that have happened to the state.
No matter how dark the darkness, darkness must give way to light. The light of MODEN Edo state has come.
The Proper Edo Man reject AKINTUDE OLUMIDE
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