Crusoe Osagie, who was the Media Adviser to the then Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki from 2016-2024, has accused the state government led by Governor Monday Okpebholo of falsifying the asset verification report that was handed over to it by the committee it set up to carry out the assignment.
In a statement that he made available to the press on Wednesday evening, Osagie stated that “we have been able to decipher some of the points raised in the report, all of which have revealed that the committee was only a witch-hunt set up with an agenda to deliberately falsify facts and malign the good image of the immediate past government of Mr. Godwin Obaseki.
“Every asset and transaction that was carried out during the Obaseki administration is contained, with detailed explanations and data, in the Transition Committee Report, which was put together by the Obaseki government and handed over to the Okpebholo-led administration just before they took over office.”
According to him, it is disturbing that, “despite having the facts and data concerning everything the committee set out to verify in this transition document, they have still gone ahead to falsify the facts to malign the image of Obaseki and misinform the public.
“We are therefore calling on the public to disregard these lies and kindly refer to the Transition Report, which is now a public document and can be accessed at: https://www.godwinobaseki.com/embed-pdf/edo-state-government-2024-transition-committee-report.
“All Edo people, and indeed all Nigerians, need to do is go into this report, trace any transaction being discussed, and find all the details therein. They can then approach the government through the Freedom of Information Act to request relevant documents related to what is stated in the Transition Report.”
Osagie urged Governor Okpebholo and his administration “to focus on the facts and verified data, and stop spreading falsehoods and telling unintelligent lies in a desperate attempt to achieve their selfish interests.”
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