By Jethro Ibileke
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Friday, said his administration will set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into former Governor Godwin Obaseki’s records.
The Governor disclosed this while speaking during a victory party held on Friday, July 11, 2025, in Government House, Benin City, Edo State.
Okpebholo, while addressing the crowd, alleged that the Obaseki-led administration used consultants to run the affairs while he allegedy looted the treasury dry.
He further revealed that his administration, while opening the books of EdoGIS, discovered that a consultant was hired and paid ₦6 billion and an additional ₦2 billion for “ordinary software.”
The Governor noted that his administration has developed its software and has sent the consultant packing.
“I directed the training of our people who are now handling the job. We have sent the consultant away from the State, saving money to develop Edo State.
“Our civil servants are well-trained. We have the best brains in the State, but Godwin Obaseki opted for consultants over utilising the State’s human resources.
“We are saving money today as a Government because we are using the civil servants to do the jobs consultants were formerly doing.
“We are just about eight months in office, but by the time we are two years in office, Edo people will know they have a Governor who is ready to work for the interest of the people.”Governor Okpebholo assured Edo people that his administration would open the books to check the dealings of the previous administration, led by Godwin Obaseki.
“I will open the books to check the financial dealings and how Obaseki governed Edo State in the last eight years.
“A University in this State received ₦47 million under Obaseki’s administration, while he paid a consultant ₦51 million. This was not good enough. They wanted to continue with this act, but God helped us to push them out.
“Since I came into the office, I have not sacked anybody but rather continued with the civil servants I met in the office. The Head of Service during Obaseki’s administration is still working with me. So also with a lot of Permanent Secretaries in the civil service,” he noted.
He said his administration will set up a Commission of Inquiry, and the books of the previous administration will be opened, and officials of that administration will be interrogated on how they governed the Edo people in the last eight years.
“Edo was tired of transactional people and thieves, but now we will look into their records. I will take two years out of eight years, and Edo people will see the difference.
“We will set up a Commission of Inquiry to look into the books and dealings of the previous administration. We will open an interrogation to check their records.
“They have finished fighting us, and now I am ready to fight back and ensure that all those who cheated Edo people in the last eight years are brought to book,” he said.
Governor Okpebholo informed APC supporters that Asue Ighodalo and his party had kept money for both the election and court cases.
“They were looking for judges to bribe or buy, but they could not find any. They kept money for the election as well as court cases, but God disappointed them. The people voted for me as their Governor, and the various courts affirmed the mandate. The Supreme Court judgment is the final as the five judges ruled in my Favour,” he alleged.
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