Timothy Omobude 
The All Progressives Congress, APC in Edo State again has raised alarm over alleged move by Edo State governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki to transfer the ownership of Radisson Hotel to a private individual.
They said the Gov Obaseki is doing just as he did to Edo State Modular Refinery who today the public do not know the true state of the state government stake.
Addressing newsmen in Benin recently, the state APC acting chairman, Emperor Jarret Tenebe said the Gov Obaseki with the assistance of some government functionaries have decided to reap off the state.
According to him; you would recall that last week we also informed the general public and the media calling on veroius anti corruption agency on the high level of corruption and mismanagement of Edo State resources by Governor Obaseki-led government. How can the poorly conceived Radisson Hotel contract ballooned from N19.4bn to over N23bn in 12 months as well as who owns Radisson Hotel.
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“We the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to take cognizance of this another alleged financial round tripping crime that the governor has set in motion,
“Three years ago Governor Godwin Obaseki brought down the only state government library to construct Shoprite shopping mall the initial contract sum was put at N5.4bn, the contract has since escalated to N12bn as at the time the party checked, it was initially awarded to A&K construction and later subdivided to Shapooji Palloji under mysterious circumstances.
He said the party and concerned authorities are also informed that the contract for the Shopping Mall has been reviewed over six times, sometimes twice in a month, nothing that it has been tuned to a conduit to siphon government resources into private hands that it is now the cesspool of corruption for high officers in the present administration.
“We want the EFCC to invite some government functionaries including Secretary to the State Government, Osarodion Ogie, Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Mrs. Adaze Aguele-kalu, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Budget and Planning, Mr. Bernard Aigbe, Engr. Austin Osakue of Edo State Public Building and Maintenance, Mr. Osaigbove Iyoha, Chief of Staff to the Governor and Accountant General of Edo State to recover all the state resources that are in their custody.
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In a swift reaction, Commissioner for communication and orientation, Chris Nehikhare at a press conference noted that; on the back of these devastations that have been caused by the APC Government, the Party in Edo State seems to be surprisingly oblivious of this terrible situation and liken to the ostrich, they have to buried their heads in the sand.
“As a party whose foundation was built on a web of lies and deceit, no gainsaying, the same way they manufactured this worthless paper is the same way they manufactured the court papers which they used in misinforming and misleading the Edo people on the candidacy of the PDP candidate; it is the same manner in which they manufactured the crisis with the palace, all in a desperate effort to hoodwink the people and reawaken their completely comatose party in Edo State.
“The governorship election in Edo State is around the corner and just the way they fooled the entire nation into bondage, they are hoping to replicate the same in Edo State, parading a hardly literate candidate, who finds it difficult expressing himself in public fora and without the verve to share his vision for the people.
“But you, our Edo people are wiser than that. We know who our friends are and who are oppressors are and Edo people cannot submit themselves to them again to inflict the pains and sufferings of these last few years he added.
