The Governor Monday Okpebholo-led Edo State government has challenged the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to invite the immediate past Governor, Godwin Obaseki, to walk freely in the state, and be paid N50million.

The APC threw the challenge, saying that the former governor “messed up” the state to the extent that he could not dare to walk freely in the state and receive warm reception.

A chieftain of the party and member of the Edo State Assets Verification Committee, Kassim Afegbua, threw the challenge on Thursday during a press briefing shortly after the inauguration of the committee by Okpebholo at the Government House in Benin City.

Afegbua, who responded to some allegations and criticism against the barely two-week-old administration of Governor Okpebholo by the PDP, said that the people-oriented policies and steps so far taken by the new government had endeared the governor to the people.

Afegbua alleged that the immediate past governor hired some persons across the state to attack and cast aspersions on APC and its government in the state.

However, he said that this would not distract the government and the party from keeping their eyes on the ball and providing credible projects that would help address the challenges that the state currently faces.

Afegbua said, “The decisions and policy focus of the present government are such that we will not be bogged down by claims of those trying to attack us, just to distract us.

“Only today they issued another statement complaining about the fact that because we lack what to do, we are setting up an asset verification exercise.

“Everyone knows that all over the world, it is good for you to have a status report of a government when you are taking off. The practice is not just for Edo State or Nigeria alone; it is everywhere.

“And, because the previous government was short in terms of facts and figures that dominated its own governance process, we have a duty to, as APC, in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Federal Government to begin to interrogate certain gaps as already captured by the chairman of this Assets Verification Committee.

“So, we want to tell Edo people that as few days as the new government has taken off, the projects we have embarked on as a government and as a party, and the steps we have taken so far have endeared us to the hearts of Edo people.

“If the opposition is truly serious, they should please invite ex-Governor Godwin Obaseki to come to Edo for a street walk. We are ready to pay him N50million for that particular exercise and let us see who the Edo people will embrace.”
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