Group backs Tinubu, Okpebholo on Benin-Auchi Road rehabilitation, faults Obaseki

The Edo State chapter of the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has slammed Governor Godwin Obaseki over his claim that he influenced the ongoing rehabilitation of the failed portion of the Benin-Auchi-Abuja expressway.

CRPP also commended President Bola Tinubu for coming to the rescue of the Edo people following the commencement of rehabilitation work on the failed portions of the Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi expressway.

A joint statement in Benin by the chairman, Dr. Samson Isibor and the secretary, Mr. Andrew Igwemor after a meeting, disclosed that the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the September 21 election, Senator Monday Okpebholo influenced Tinubu to commence rehabilitation work on the road, following a passionate appeal to him (Tinubu) to come to the aid of Edo people who have been suffering the effects of the failed portions of the road for the past eight years.

Isibor and Ogwemor accused Governor Obaseki of failing to put any palliative to allow motorists to manage the road, especially trucks coming from the Northern part of the country, that always had to spend days on a particular bad portion of the federal road.

Following appeal by the APC governorship candidate, the chairman and scribe added that in no distant time following the appeal, BUA Cement Company, Okpella, Etsako East Local Government Area of the state, was mobilized to the Ekpoma section of the road by the Minister of Works and Housing, Engr. David Umahi.

The duo remarked that it was laughable to see Obaseki attempting to take the glory for what his administration did not do for almost eight years since he took the reins of power in the state, not minding what Edo people have been passing through on the impassable road.

“Now that someone (Senator Okpebholo) has risen to the occasion to help the masses, they are tumbling on each other claiming the glory.

“Edo state people are grateful to Senator Okpebholo for coming to the rescue in the rehabilitation of the Benin-Auchi Road. We assure you of our unflinching support and vote during the September Governorship election. We are now wiser.

“Edo people need a listening and a considerate leader who feels the pulse of the people which Senator Okpebholo of APC stands for.

“Obaseki and his godson, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) should go and rest.”