Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole, on Wednesday said the people of
the state will stone Chief Gabriel Igbinedion and his son – Lucky if
they realize how the state resources was converted to their personal
use.
Lucky was a governor in the state between 1999 and 2007 and a seeming
cordial relations between the ex-governor and Oshiomhole has turned
sour.
Oshiomhole spoke while addressing youths who protested to the state government on Wednesday.
He told the mammoth crowd why Chief Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin kingdom, is not happy with his administration.
The governor explained that one of the reasons was because he revoked
the reclamation of 200,000 hectares of land in Ovia North East given to
Chief Igbinedion by his son, Lucky when he was governor of the state.
Other reasons were the N180million demanded from Chief Igbinedion for
the six years usage of the Central Hospital facilities by medical
students of the Igbinedion University and the $31million illegally
withdrawn from the state government coffers to set up a cement factory.
The governor said he also stopped students of Igbinedion School of
Nursing from using the Stella Obasanjo Hospital without payment for many
years.
He said Lucky gave the 200,000 hectares to his father for mechanized
farming, but his father later gave them in piece to cocoa farmers who in
turn paid royalties to Chief Igbinedion.
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