The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State has expressed amazement about what it termed “the massive killings going on across Edo State,” describing the Governor Monday Okpebholo administration as being cluelessness on how to protect the lives and property of Edo people.
In a statement by Chris Nehikhare, the Publicity Secretary of the caretaker committee of the PDP, the party said instead of taking responsibility and explaining how his administration plans to stop the killings in the state, Gov. Okpebholo, is busy playing the blame game by pointing fingers to the immediate past government in the state.
The PDP stated that “instead of issuing a strongly-worded message of condolence that shows a copious amount of empathy, Gov. Okpebholo, who spoke through his special adviser on media and publicity, started his statement with the display of his morbid obsession with the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“What happened to the elaborate surveillance system with cameras and screens, the command and control centre, among others which Obaseki put in place to the envy of the entire country and beyond?
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“Why did Okpebholo disarm all the sectors of the Edo State Security Network after dislodging its leadership? Where are all the world-class standard, secure communication devices handed to all sector commanders across the state?”
The PDP called on Gov. Okpebholo to take advice from the state security council, and formulate security protocols and strategies.
“Advice, plans and suggestions from the thugs that have literally taken over Edo State Government is an abnormality, and certainly not effective.
“Senator Okpebholo needs to know that his first responsibility as governor, no matter how bereft of integrity his mandate is, is to protect the lives and property of Edo people, and he needs to be told that he does not have the luxury of being able to pass the buck to the previous administration,” the PDP added.
