Outing going governor of Edo State Godwin Obaseki said the All-Progressives Congress (APC) stalwarts have borrowed up to N5billion to run the inauguration ceremony of the Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo on November 12.
Governor Obaseki made the allegations in Benin City while ushering the Edo Peoples Democratic Party caretaker committee.
“We have almost N27 billion to pay for projects and obligations, but they have started blowing it, and they have gone to borrow money for the inauguration which is going to cost them N2 to N5 billion. That is the money they will first take from the treasury,” said Obaseki.
“In this holiday period, they will want to spend as much money as possible to confuse the people. They are going to struggle to change their perception.
“They are doing an inauguration, and the governor is not even invited. It is like they are starting a brand-new government and a brand-new state,” he said.
He added that the election of Senator Okpebholo would be challenged in court.
“We will get our stolen mandate back for the sake of Nigeria because if we allow the APC to go with our stolen mandate, it will mark the end of democracy in Nigeria.
” This fight is not for our candidate but for the people of Nigeria and our nation’s democracy,” he said.
