Ise-Iyamu

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Jethro Ibileke/Benin

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has threatened to probe the State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, if he gets elected in the September 10 governorship election.

This is even as he also dared Governor Oshiomhole to probe the eight years he spent in office between 1999 and 2007 as Chief of Staff to the then Governor Lucky Igbinedion, and Secretary to the State Government, while he still has power to do so.‎

He threw the challenge at Uromi, Esan North East local government area of the state when he took his gubernatorial campaign to the area.

“I call on Adams Oshiomhole to probe my time in government and look at everything that I did. Let him do it because by the grace of God, when I am governor, I will probe him. I will probe him; every kobo that has come to Edo State, must be accounted for. That is his fear; that is why he can no longer sleep.

“Adams Oshiomhole believes that the more he attacks, the more he can hide the truth. He should know that it is not by insulting Ize-Iyamu or Chief Anenih. Only recently in a Catholic Church, he met Chief Anenih and he apologized to him on the alter to forgive him. Days after, he was abusing Chief Anenih.

“He says Pastor Ize-Iyamu is bad; Ize-Iyamu is useless. When he appointed Pastor Ize-Iyamu DG of his campaign, he didn’t know that time. When he made him national vice chairman of his party, he didn’t know then. Now that Ize-Iyamu has left him, Ize-Iyamu is suddenly bad.”

The PDP governorship candidate accused the Oshiomhole administration of being notorious for inflating contract sums, citing the newly established Edo University Iyamho (EUI) and the Benin Airport Road contracts as examples of highly inflated projects in the state.

He further accused Governor Oshiomhole of having hatred for the Esan nation and Uromi in particular, alleging that the governor refused to complete the Uromi Cassavita Factory which he said had reached 94 per cent completion at the time Oshiomhole took over as governor in 2008.

Meanwhile, Pastor Ize-Iyamu, has called on the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki, to start speaking for himself since he is the one contesting election and not Oshiomhole.

“The only person speaking in APC is Adams Oshiomhole. If the candidate he has brought is dumb, he should tell us so that we can arrange a sign language interpreter for him. We can also pray for him so that he will be able to speak,” he advised.