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In a statment titled ‘IN DEFENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL DEMOCRACY’ released by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu via his twitter handle @AsiwajuTinubu monitored by TerryAnews.
The Former Governor of Lagos State Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has expressed his displeasure in the ongoing electoral saga in Edo state. The APC Chieftain have slammed the Governor Obaseki and labelled him a coward.
Statement reads in part
“The recent actions of the Governor of Edo State represent the gravest possible assault on constitutional democracy and the rule of law and escalation of violence and tension in the state he purports to govern.
Not satisfied with making a mockery of our constitution by blocking the timely inauguration of two-thirds of the elected members of the Edo State House of Assembly, Governor Obaseki has now resorted to the strong-arm tactics of dictators.
First, he sponsors hoodlums to deface, indeed destroy, parts of the House of Assembly Building in Benin, feigning the building is undergoing renovation. Then, he imports sand and gravels to prevent access to the assembly complex.
In effect, the man has spent state funds to thwart the very apparatus of the state government he was sworn to uphold. He has squandered public money to defeat the very will of the public. This is tragic beyond words.
As a pretext for his refusal to allow the Edo House of Assembly to function, Governor Obaseki’s actions are perverse. This is a cowardly act and a move to thwart representative democracy in Edo.
No renovation has been planned for the state house building. No appropriation was made in the state’s budget. The only reason any renovation could be deemed necessary is the destruction wrought by his own goons.”
