Governor of Edo state, Adams Oshiomhole, has accused the People’s Democratic Party of fraudulently exploiting hapless Nigerians of N100 on every litre of kerosene who have continued to suffer under the 16-year leadership of the PDP as a result of the party’s dedication “to preserve the privileges of the few.”
The governor made this allegation while receiving defectors from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Oshiomhole accused the Federal Government of not allowing Nigerians enjoy the benefits of the country’s rich oil deposits, adding that the ruling party is similar to “an impotent man”.
He said: “Today is not just the fact of the huge number in this hall but it is also about the quality of the brains that have now join us; and in a world that is knowledge-driven, it is only the party that can parade the best brains that can drive the sustainable change that Nigeria is currently battling with in order to bail our people from its present political quagmire.”
“The man who has a shop must close by 6 pm. If he operates beyond 6pm, he must put on a generator, and buy petrol or diesel. For 16 years, PDP can’t give us light. But if they were to leave us in peace even in the dark, it will be bad enough but for them, that is not bad enough.”
“From Otuoke to Benin City, to Lagos, to Ekpoma, to Iyahmo, to Sokoto, kerosene is now between N150 and N160 per litre. For every N150 you spend in buying a litre of kerosene, PDP steals N100 because in the books of NNPC, they have it on records that kerosene is N50 per litre.”
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