The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has declared that Governor, Monday Okpebholo, is utterly and embarrassingly unprepared for governance.”
This is contained in the 65th Independence Anniversary statement issued by the party signed by its Publicity Secretary, Daniel Osa-Ogbegie.
Osa-Ogbegie said “what we commemorate today is a nation burdened by a ruling party that has reduced governance to improvisation and patronage.
“The APC at the federal level has set the tone for hardship and confusion, but it is here in Edo that the consequences have reached their most embarrassing expression.”
Osa-Ogbegie averred that “selfish political actors conspired to foist Monday Okpebholo on the people, a man utterly and embarrassingly unprepared for governance.
“Obaseki handed him the baton, and in full public glare, he began running backwards. This is not leadership. This is reversal in motion.
“Since November 2024, over ₦500 billion has passed through this government — from FAAC, IGR, and inherited balances. Yet not one landmark project has been commissioned.
“No sectoral reform. No coherent policy direction. Instead, state resources have been deployed as stipends to political godfathers and enforcers.
“The state is now drowning under unprecedented insecurity. Kidnapping has become a daily enterprise, carried out sometimes in broad daylight and on major roads.
“Armed robbery and targeted killings are now routine, and the government has neither the will nor the capacity to respond.
“Farmers have abandoned their farmlands across Edo South, Central and North because they are hunted like animals by kidnappers and armed herders.
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“Our rural economy is collapsing because those who feed the state now fear for their lives more than hunger.”
The PDP accused the Edo State government of “abandonment of strategic legacy projects simply because they did not originate from Okpebholo. The vindictiveness is shocking and costly.
“The Stella Obasanjo Hospital, fully completed and equipped with state-of-the-art medical technology, has been locked up and left idle, not for lack of need, but for lack of grace and vision.”
The statement accused the state government of lawlessness and tyranny, saying “this administration has unleashed a wave of illegal demolitions across the state.
“Homes and hotels are now being bulldozed based on mere allegations that a ‘cultist’ once lodged there or that a meeting was held on the premises. No investigation. No charge. No court order. No conviction.
“Property rights, due process and the presumption of innocence — the pillars of any civilised society — have been trampled under the boots of ignorance and impunity. Edo has become a place where accusation is now equivalent to judgment.”
