– PDP chieftain in Edo state, Phillip Olumese says Governor Oshiomhole’s choice of friends, rubbishes his touted ideological attachment to the poor
– Olumese believes Oshiomhole have forgotten those that gave him the mandate to govern the state
– The PDP chieftain says Oshiomhole is busy proclaiming his valued friendships while Edo people were struggling for life under his administration
Phillip Olumese, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state, has slammed Governor Adams Oshiomhole over his choice of friends.
Reacting to a statement credited to Governor Oshiomhole, who listed the likes of Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Captain Hosa Okunbor and Dr Daniel Ladipo as his friends, Olumese said the pronouncement is against the governor’s claim to be on the side of the common man, Vanguard reports.
According to the former chairman of Edo state Urban Water Board, while the governor was proclaiming his valued friendships, Edo people were struggling for life under his “excruciating yoke of the many taxes, levies and economic measures.”
Phillip Olumese, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo state, has slammed Governor Adams Oshiomhole over his choice of friends.
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He said: “If Oshiomhole’s ‘friends’ are only found within the marginal area of the rich and famous, what has happened to his much hyped champion of the oppressed, the maligned and the despised?
“Has the welfare and living standard of the people been sacrificed on the altar of business considerations that he has rightly condemned for its short-term focus, belatedness in a two-term time-bracket and the under-the-table deals that the ordinary Edo citizen may not have the luxury of exposing.
“While welcoming his ‘friends’ with exaggerated tooth-paste smiles and artificial pageantry, his state officials from the lowest rungs of government to the exalted pedestal of governorship, harass and torment petty traders both day and night with extreme degrees of violence and intimidation.
“We made bold to say that the common people of Edo state are labouring, daily, under the excruciating yoke of the praetorian enforcement of the many taxes, levies and economic measures.”
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Meanwhile, Oshiomhole has reportedly given strict directives to the Independent national Electoral Commission ahead the governorship election in the state.
Speaking at a meeting with the new resident electoral commissioner (REC), Sam Olumekun, who paid him a courtesy visit at the government house, Benin city, Oshiomhole directed him to flush out corrupt officials, who were fingered for aiding electoral fraud in the last general election.
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