APC kicks as Obaseki demolishes Odubu’s house
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has denounced the Edo government’s demolition of property belonging to former Deputy Governor Pius Odubu.
In a statement issued in Benin by the state Publicity Secretary, Chris Azebamwan, the APC revealed this.
Other party members whose properties were demolished, according to Mr Azebamwan, included Julius Ihonvbere (a lawmaker representing APC-Owan) and Mike Itemuagbon, a sports enthusiast.
“We remember that Governor Godwin Obaseki demolished a private property of an APC chieftain, Mr Tony Kabaka Adun, about the same time last year.
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“Unchallenged, he has gone a step further, all in the name of intimidating, suppressing, hounding, crushing, and silencing his supposed foes.
“Without a doubt, it is part of the governor’s ‘Make Edo Great Again’ agenda to demolish property belonging to perceived enemies and dissenting or critical voices in the state on a frequent and willful basis in order to instill a siege mentality in the people.
“It is on record that Obaseki revoked the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) of some properties earlier this year,” he said, “but the demolition carried out while the case is in court is unconstitutional because it amounts to a subversion of the rule of law.”
He added, “The proper thing is for the government to wait for the outcome of the court process, but apparently because it knew that it was pursuing an illegal agenda, it demolished the property.”
He, however, urged the governor to perish the idea of trying to use false claims and propaganda to justify the demolition.
“It is a clear recipe for crisis in our state,” the statement continued. We warn against future actions in this guise because they are motivated by hate and political intolerance and are part of a larger conspiracy by the Peoples Democratic Party and its administration to tear apart the structure that binds Edo citizens and ultimately overheat the polity.”
