The Edo State Government has disclosed that the All Progressives Congress(APC) is planning “to orchestrate civil unrest and cause mayhem in the State under the guise of protests and rallies in order to advance their obnoxious political agenda.”
According to Hon. Chris Nehikhare, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, who addressed a Press Conference on Wednesday afternoon, “the APC is resorting to this devious plan because they have realized the folly of presenting an unlettered and incompetent candidate for the office of a governor.
“Their candidate, Monday Okpebholo, has continued to embarrass the party and his handlers in private and public fora with his poor grasp of basic concepts and intellectual immaturity, consistently displaying an inability to articulate and coherently sell his vision to the electorate and other key stakeholders.
“Reeling from the pains of selling a bad and unmarketable candidate and having failed in their desperate resort to lies and propaganda to hoodwink Edo people ahead of the September 21 governorship election, the only path the APC in Edo State now sees to promote their campaigns is to cause chaos and crisis in the State.
“Our findings reveal that the APC plans to incite civil unrest in the State and cause chaos under the guise of riots and protests in order to disrupt the peace and stability of the State, while diverting attention from their candidate’s weaknesses and buying time to avoid debates and meaningful engagement with the people.”
Going further, Nehikhare stressed that “the Edo State Government is aware of their evil plans, and will not sit idly and watch them unleash mayhem on the people and cause chaos in the State.
“While we call the attention of all security agencies in the State, including the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Department of State Services (DSS), the Brigade Commander, 4 Brigade, Benin, among others, to take notice of this planned heinous plan by the APC to orchestrate civil unrest and cause mayhem in the State, we assure members of the public to be rest assured that the government will spare no effort within the ambits of the law to forestall this planned attack on the State and its people and ensure that anyone found culpable is brought to justice.”
On the issue of the 20 truckloads of 25kg bags of rice allocated to the state by the Federal Government, Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser to the State Governor on Media Projects, who was also at the Conference, submitted that the consignment came with instructions that it should be distributed among the vulnerable in the society, Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) and the likes which the state government adhered to strictly.
In a telephone chat with Popular News, Pastor Solomon Folorunsho, the Camp Commandant of the IDPs Camp situated in Uhogua, Ovia North East Local Government Area, confirmed that his facility received some bags of 10kg rice through the Christian Association of Nigeria(CAN).
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