Edo 2020: PDP Accuses Obaseki Of Bribing INEC

By GWG Staff

The People’s Democratic Party, (PDP) in Edo State has demanded for an immediate investigation through an Independent Judicial Commission of inquiry into the circumstances that have led the Edo State Government to want to renovate/construct an office for the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Benin.

The party in a statement issued by Mr. Chris Nehikhare, State Publicity Secretary, said that the “ungodly alliance and collaboration was discovered when the tender for this contract was advertised in the Vanguard Newspapers of Monday, April 27, 2020 by the Edo State Government, through the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

Noting that it could be an election bribe, the party said:

“The situation is yet another manifestation of leadership failure and insensitivity of the Governor Obaseki-led APC administration to the plight of Edo people at critical moments. It is unacceptable for a government that is struggling with providing palliatives for its citizens, helping businesses stay afloat and running an efficient and effective government, to continually divert state resources to the detriment of its people.

“Consequently, Edo PDP condemns unequivocally, the attempt by Governor Obaseki to bribe, compromise, coarse, intimidate, corrupt and manipulate INEC by the renovation or construction of its office building in Benin City.

“It is even more ludicrous for Governor Obaseki to ignore the optics of such a venture. Such anti-people antic from government is symptomatic of a leadership that has not only lost focus, but has lost touch and, certainly, the confidence of the people he was elected to serve.

“Our party holds that Governor Obaseki is desperate to get a second term and as such has thrown caution to the wind by pursing extraneous issues that have no direct benefits on the lives of the people.

“INEC as an independent body, should not allow itself to be compromised by accepting gifts from desperate state governments so close to elections. However, from our investigation, it was discovered that INEC doesn’t have an office in the address advertised. This is just another avenue to fleece our state treasury. This APC administration is reputed to be a haven of corrupt individuals, treasury looters, certificate forgers and election riggers.”

The PDP thus raised three posers for the expected judicial panel to wit:

1. Who approached who? Was it EDSG or was it INEC

2. What demands were made?

3. What promises were extracted?

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