Former Edo State governor, Lucky Igbinedion, has replied his successor, Adams Oshiomhole, on allegations of diverting $31 million meant to build a cement factory in the state during his administration.
Igbinedion was governor of the state from 1999 to 2003.
On Wednesday, the Edo State Government, through the Commissioner for Information, Loius Odion, said an investigation would be launched on the alleged missing funds and has directed the Attorney General to commence legal action.
“I feel joining issues with Oshiomhole would amount to dignifying him and his outbursts and lending credence to his bogus allegations…
“On the AVA Cement Company, for that is the true name of the company they are referring to, Oshiomhole claimed that I used Edo State $31 million to execute the project to about 90 percent…As at 2006 when the AVA Cement Company project kicked off, the exchange rate for a dollar was about N100/$1 hence, $31 million then amounted to about N3 billion.
“So, if Edo State Government invested N3 billion for a project that gulped well over N20 billion, the question is; where did the balance of N17 billion come from?”
Meanwhile, Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said yesterday in Benin that moves by the state government to recover $31million alleged to have been fraudulently taken from the state’s coffers by the government of former governor Lucky Igbinedion, smacks of political desperation and persecution.
Speaking through the state Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, at a press briefing yesterday, the party said it was shameful and disgraceful that “it took the Oshiomhole administration seven years to wake up from its slumber to begin what is clearly a case of political witch-hunting.”
It pointed out that instead of facing the challenges of the state in form of dilapidated roads, corruption, flood and others, Oshiomhole was plotting how “to perpetuate himself in office by installing his lackey as successor.”
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Okokobioko

The eagle wings has finally been clipped

Oshiohmole...always making noise
.. don't know why he wasn't among Buhari's noisemakers!

Hot shot. Let the banter begin.

While Ibgenidion is a jail ban man. Time will tell !!!

Osho baba be careful o, Igbinedion no be small meat o.

Reading

Oshiomole has become a measurement standard on idiocy. Not one of his statements since the new govt have come out true.

Lara has being a very bad influence.

Ok

Atleast Drowning is better than being jailed "Iku ya ju esin lo" I detest kwarapsion

Make this Oshiomole face front abeg.

Igbinedion is supposed to be in jail, but he is still the one defining how to deal with corruptionn Irony

That is the confused unconfirmed noisemaker of information and corruption talking. Why Wai till now? Maybe you add your own 7years for a better probe, good idea.
Since Lara married Osho!
Since Lara married Osho oh!
Osho just dey mis Yan!
Since Lara married Osho!