Oshiomhole raises alarm over fake N2.6bn road contract

Governor, Oshiomhole

 

THE Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has raised alarm over a fake N2.6bn road project awarded by the Federal Executive Council (FEC) in Edo State.

Oshiomhole alleged that the Minister of Works, Architect Mike Onolimenmen, deceived President Goodluck Jonathan and FEC into awarding the contract in Uromi, Edo State.

The governor, who spoke at a rally of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) in Ugbowo, Benin City yesterday, said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must investigate the project.

According to him: “I am inviting the President to come and flag off the construction of that road so he can see that the road does not exist. 

‘’Our president has been misled by a Minister of Works who needs money to fund an election, but this time, we will not keep quiet.

“They have been doing it for a long time. Last year, they also invited the Vice President to commission a water contract but when the people of Uromi shouted that the contract was fraudulent and that they only pumped water into the overhead tank, the Vice President canceled the commissioning.”

Oshiomhole further alleged that the PDP leaders in Edo Central and Edo North were buying voters card rather than campaigning on how they intend to develop the state. 

‘’Now that the PDP people have been caught red-handed, we want to see what punishment INEC and Jega will mete out to these people,” he wondered.  

Former Special Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo on Policy and Strategy and governorship aspirant of the PDP, Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, who formally decamped to the ACN at the rally, said the PDP in Edo represents “oppression, intimidation, repression, retrogression and decay.”