Oshiomhole accuses PDP of plot torig Edo guber polls

BENIN— GOVERNOR Adams
Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday,
raised an alarm, alleging that
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has
perfected plans to rig the July 14,
2012 governorship election in the
state.
He said: “They are preparing
National Youth Service Corps, NYSC,

uniform so they can dress some
young men as NYSC members.
They have assured their supporters
that they will determine the
Resident Electoral Commissioner,
REC, to be posted to Edo State who
will help them to rig the election.
Some of their candidates have said
they will use the Army.
“My only reply is that we rely on
Edo people and God. The man with
the people is also with God. I am a
very happy person today because of
what God has used me to achieve.”
However, in a swift reaction, state
chairman of PDP, Chief Dan Orbih,
described the allegation as
“unfounded, baseless and
laughable.”
He said: “It has dawn on the
Governor that planting flowers in
the name of beautification and
award of contracts without due
process, coupled with cosmetic
painting of existing schools, will not
save him from the July 14 election.
He should stop crying wolf where
there is none.”
Oshiomhole raised the alarm during
the inspection of the on-going
construction of Umogbai-Ogenemih
road project in Jattu and the Iyekhe-
Aviele road in Auchi, Etsako West
Local Government Area.
Meanwhile, members of the
communities and Igbo residing in
the projects area endorsed him for a
second term.
On the tirade against his
administration by Prof. Oserheimen
Osunbor, a PDP governorship
aspirant, during his declaration last
Saturday, Governor Oshiomhole
said: “A nice professor keeping bad
company will end up doing what he
is doing now— putting the truth
upside down.
“To be honest, he is the best aspirant
in PDP compared to all those
cashiers or those who cannot even
have one genuine certificate. He is
more educated, more civil but he is
hopelessly incompetent. That is the
truth.
“And because of the bad company he
keeps, he has learnt one thing from
them, which is ‘thou shall not say
the truth’. It is the opposite of the 10
Commandments of God.
Otherwise, even in Esanland, there
is the road from Udenema to
Anenih’s village. Will you say that
road is not connecting communities?
“We are building both intra-city and
inter-city roads. My only appeal to
my friend, Prof. Osunbor, is that he
should not allow the company he
keeps influence him.
“If he cannot influence them to
behave responsibly, he should not
allow them to influence him to begin
to behave irresponsibly.”