Edo State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Dan Orbih, has challenged the state government and the All Progressives Congress,
APC, to respond to his claim that the Adams Oshiomhole administration spent the sum of N142 million on the duo of the presidential candidate of the APC, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari and the national leader of the party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, to commission projects in the state instead of calling for his arrest over alleged forgery.He also asked the state government to explain to Edo people how the sum of N10.8 million was spent to fix one of the toilets in the Governor’s Lodge.
Chief Orbih, who was reacting to the call by APC State Chairman, Mr. Anslem Ojezua, that he should be arrested by the Police for forging government documents, said that he was too big to be arrested for exposing the fraudulent practices of the state government.
Addressing a rally of the PDP in Afuze and Sabongida- Ora, in Owan West and Owan East Local Government Areas of the state, yesterday, Orbih said: “We want to put an end to fraudulent practices being perpetrated by the Edo State Government. Instead of reacting to the allegations we made against them, they are calling for my arrest. If they want to arrest me, they know my house.
“We challenge the Edo State Government to tell the people whether the allegation that he spent N142 million to host Gen Buhari and Tinubu to simply commission projects is true or not. He should explain to the people the justification for repairing a toilet in Governor’s Lodge at the sum of N10.4 million.
“I will continue to expose the fraud by the Edo State Government and we have a moral obligation to the people of the state as he cannot be allowed to continue to defraud the people. We have the opportunity to change this government by voting the PDP into office because the APC does not mean well for our people.
“We don’t forge documents in PDP, it is only in the APC that they forge documents and certificates.”
