Abuja — Edo Youth Vanguard (EYV) has asked the Edo State Governor, Adams Oshomhole, to drop his plan to probe former governor of the state, Lucky Igbinedion, and focus instead on development projects of the state to which, it said, a N15 billion loan has been committed.

A statement by EYV National Coordinator, Mathew Idemudia, in Abuja at the weekend, said the "governor's unwarranted pursuit of his perceived political opponents amounts to needless distraction.

"These distractions no doubt have their own consequences as the Governor has in the process committed to spending huge sums of state funds on unwarranted campaigns of calumny against notable elders and his recent unholy acts that have destabilized the state House of Assembly and the polity.


"We are also aware of the over N1 billion spent on wooing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members into the Action Congress (AC), a development that has contributed in causing disaffection and disharmony among the peace-loving indigenes and settlers alike in the state", Idemudia stated.

The statement argued that "the fight between Oshiomhole and some elders in the state, albeit unnecessary, and now shifting the fight to the corridors of former Governor Igbinedion, shows that the Comrade Governor had no developmental agenda before becoming governor which is unfortunate.

"The advice from well meaning Edo political leaders to Governor Oshiomhole had been shunned and instead he surrounds himself with sycophants and we believe that the dictatorial tendencies carried from the Nigeria Labour Congress, where he served as its president for two terms, to the state matters are all there for everyone to see."

punch of irresponsible people who were obviously sponsored by Igbinedion