Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has said that the All Progressives Congress change agenda inspired him to speak up against his predecessor, former Governor Lucky Igbinedion after seven years in office.
In an interview with Vanguard, Oshiomhole explained that he became more outspoken as the political environment got more liberalized with the change that has taken place at the national level.
He said “I think what happened was that as the political environment got more liberalized with the change that has taken place at the national level, there is political re-alignment of forces and those who could not cope with the logic and politics of change have relocated to Peoples Democratic Party and they were the people who also perpetrated evil in PDP.
“For me, it was time to tell Edo people the truth. Everybody who lived in this state knows my endless battle with the PDP, you know how they killed my Principal Private Secretary Olaitan and the way the investigation was compromised.
“Sometimes, I ask myself , who are you reporting to? And you know the fraud that was going on in Abuja, so there was no point reporting them to their criminal brothers. I said I will rather concentrate on what will bring comfort to the people of Edo state than on the misdeed of my predecessors.”
On the issues currently facing the country and the proposed change Nigerians voted for, he said “Just like any public policy, there is always a time lag between when you take an action and when the result of that action begins to manifest.
“So the massive looting that took place in the recent past has created a huge hole in the national treasury with a huge debt profile and that has affected the finances of the state. I don’t think anyone will be fair to think that under a few months of this government all the misdeeds of the PDP over a period of 16 years will be wiped out. I am sure that the Federal Government is addressing the problems one after the other.”
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