The Chairman of the Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) in Edo State, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, has charged Governor Monday Okpebholo to “take deliberate steps to reorganize the State’s security architecture, which was effective and efficient during the Obaseki administration, and rein in his thugs and gang of criminal enforcers who are on a free-for-all in the State so as to put an end to the reign of terror.”
He averred, “it is shameful and utterly disappointing that Senator Monday Okpebholo has continued to play the blame game with respect to his total failure in handling the primary responsibility of government, which is protecting the lives and property of the people of the State.
“Edo has degenerated into a lawless State since he took office. The people of Edo State are under siege. In the past three weeks alone, at least 35 innocent Edo citizens have been brutally killed.”
Accorging to Aziegbemi, “from Edo South to Edo Central to Edo North, killings and violent attacks have become rampant. The State, which was repositioned as one of Nigeria’s safest places to live and do business during the Godwin Obaseki government, has now become so unsafe, gaining a notorious reputation as the capital of kidnapping and violent crimes in the country.
“Yet, all Okpebholo can come up with as the Chief Security Officer of the State, are lame excuses, blaming the opposition for his incompetence, cluelessness, and failure to effectively manage the worsening insecurity in the State, which has continued to claim the lives of innocent citizens almost daily.”
Aziegbemi denied the claim by the Edo State Government that the PDP is the originator of the insecurity plaguing the state, “we want to place it on record that the PDP has no involvement in the security challenges facing the State. Instead of wasting time and taxpayers’ money issuing meaningless statements and blaming the opposition for his incompetence, Okpebholo should roll up his sleeves, get to work, and fulfill the most fundamental responsibility of his office as governor.”
Going further, he stressed: “If he is truly serious about governance and protecting the lives of the people of the State, he must stop the blame game and put to good use his monthly withdrawal of N750m security vote.”
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