Obaseki Pledges Reverence To Oba, Denies Plot To Demolish Benin Royal Museum

Governor Godwin Obaseki has denied plots to demolish the Benin Royal Museum asserting the claim as a fabrication by the APC media machine

The Godwin Obaseki led government in Edo State has expressed shock over claims by the All Progressives Congress (APC), of a plot to demolish the Benin Royal Museum describing the story as a a plot by the party to destroy the relationship between the Benin Palace and the government.

Asserting the Obaseki government’s reverence for the Oba of Benin, the government in a statement issued by Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media Projects to the Governor accused the APC and its media handlers of resorting to propaganda to market its candidate using the Benin Royal Museum.

“It is regrettable that the APC has found themselves in this sorry situation where they are now hell-bent on sacrificing the hard-won respect, legacy and heritage of the revered palace on the altar of political exigencies.

“This should not be a matter for political debate as we hold the palace in high regard. Insinuations about a demolition are figments of the imagination of the consultant to the APC and the campaign team, who are bereft of ideas on how to sell a deadbeat candidate that does not have the faintest grasp of the idea of governance to Edo people.

“The intentions of the APC are well-known, which is to sow seeds of discord in the minds of Edo people and charge them on a fruitless chase of a non-existent threat against the palace. If there was ever any threat to the palace, it is the machinations of the APC to denigrate the heritage of the people.

“For the records, I will like to state without equivocation that there are no plans to demolish the Benin Royal Museum, which to the best of our knowledge, has not even been built yet,” the Obaseki government said.

“Instead, the government is supporting efforts to develop the museum as part of the development of the Benin Cultural District. This is just as it has extended support for the development of the Museum of West African Arts, Benin in the State.”

“The APC is encouraged to campaign responsibly and tell the people what their vision for development is as is required of them during campaign periods and not this futile effort at a strawman fallacy.”

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