Obaseki Says His Problem Is With Thugs, Not Oshiomhole

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Saturday said he had no problems with his predecessor Comrade Adams Oshiomhole saying his government was only being tackled by thugs he removed from feeding fat on government revenues.

The governor spoke against the background of reports of a faceoff between him and Oshiomhole that has pitched their different supporters in the Edo State House of Assembly.

Speaking on the sidelines of the convention of Usagbe Club of Nigeria in Abuja on Saturday, the governor said:

“Up to 2016, non-state actors had become empowered by the political class. They were collecting revenue, they were an alternative government and they constituted themselves into an army that were used for political activities.”

On his relationship with Oshiomhole, he said:

“I don’t have a feud with the national chairman. There are political issues in Edo which have been resolved. And as far as I am concerned, they are not major issues. They have a House of Assembly that has been inaugurated.  A few members have not accepted those that have been inaugurated. But these issues will be settled. What is happening in Edo is not unusual.”

“It is a kind of a crisis we had to deal with because we had to remove these thugs from the streets, from collecting revenue, from intimidating private businesses and which we’ve done successfully.

“Part of the issue you see in Edo today is a fight back by such class of people, but we were very encouraged by the reactions of the citizens. We don’t want thugs on our streets in whatever guise, in whatever cover,” he added.

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