Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole on Monday
warned the Esama of Benin, Chief Gabriel
Igbinedion, to stop undermining state laws.
Oshiomhole, at the inauguration of 14 newly elected
local government chairmen in Benin, said
government had the capacity and the will to contain
Igbinedion's excesses.
He also asked the state Independent Electoral
Commission to tender unreserved apology to the
people of the state for the lapses recorded in the local
government election held on Saturday.
He said, "There is evidence that he (Igbinedion) has
undermined the prosperity of the state for a very
long time. Those who live in glass houses do not
throw stones.
"I want to send a warning to Chief Igbinedion that he
should take it easy; he has acquired a lot of
government land that the people have not engaged
him on. He walks as if he is above the law. He was a
chief tax collector in this state, pocketing 25 to 30 per
cent of every kobo that accrued while his son was
the governor.
"I have not looked back because my mandate is to
look forward. I want to put him on notice that if he
continues with elderly rascality, I will bring him to
justice.
"He must never ever underestimate the fact that I
have the will and I have the capacity to deploy that
will; if he crosses the law, he will be cut to size.
"Elders must teach the younger ones to behave
responsibly.
The governor berated Igbinedion over his alleged
conduct on election day on Saturday in Okada.
"You heard how he is using ITV in a very reckless
manner, in clear breach of the NBC code. He reduced
himself as a high chief, leaving where he is
registered to vote and going all the way to Okada on
a day movement was restricted across the state.
"He got to Okada and illegally used mobile
policemen to walk on the street; going to the police
station where sensitive election materials were kept
in order to vandalise the sensitive electoral materials
to ensure elections did not take place.
"If he misleads himself into believing that he has the
birth right to continue to appropriate and privatise
the resources of Edo State, he is living in a fool's
paradise."

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