SOME women in Benin, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday, protested over what they described as alleged insult on the father of a former governor of the state, Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, by Governor Adams Oshiomhole.

The women, who were clad in red attires, marched round the popular Ring Road before making their way to the Edo State House of Assembly.




A senior police officer at the assembly complex had volunteered to relay the grievances of the protesters to the leadership of the House; but the women insisted on meeting with the Speaker, Mr. Victor Edoror.

The governor had last week accused the former governor, Lucky Igbinedion, of unlawfully allocating 200,000 hectares of government land to his father, who is also the Esama of Benin Kingdom.

Oshiomhole had said that rather than use the land for mechanized farming as contained “in the books,” the ex-governor’s father allocated the land to cocoa farmers of Edo and Yoruba extraction and allegedly collected “royalties” from them.

He had also vowed to publish records of alleged fraud against the former governor.

Oshiomhole had said, “These cocoa farmers will farm and sweat to grow their cocoa on government land, Igbinedion will sit in his house on which he is not paying ground rent and is collecting royalties. Is Igbinedion the Oba of Benin?”

But the aggrieved women, who also carried placards with various anti-government inscriptions, described the action of the governor as an act of disrespect to the Benin chief, whom they claimed brought him into power.

“He is insulting the Esama and we are very angry about it,” one of the women, who declined mentioning her name, said.

Efforts by our correspondent to reach the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Aanena Jemitola, were unsuccessful at the time of filing this report.

http://www.omobablog.com/2015/11/dont-insult-igbinedion-protesting-women.html

K

God pls give this women sense ooo,

tos4u:
God pls give this women sense ooo,

Seriously I don't know why our politicians are like tortoise that knows no one but themselfs

End time protest

Hurlstarling:
End time protest

you right bro

This matter na delicate matter, so one should comment on it delicately

My ugly governor was at it agin over the week, doing what he knows how to do best.