By Patrick Ahanor
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo state has accused the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state of intellectual laziness, saying the party’s Chairman, Mr Dan Orbih, only offers comic relief to people of the state.
Speaking yesterday when he received the new leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Mr. Anselm Ojezua, Oshiomhole said Edo state government remained accountable and transparent and would not be deterred by the flimsy accusations of the opposition party.
He said: “I have read some comments in the newspapers which reveal the quality of leadership of the opposition.
“For example, when we took the N25 billion bond in 2010, I did explain and I repeated it at several fora that we are servicing the bond. We spend about N520 million every month to service the bond. How such servicing has become an issue only an illiterate will wonder that we took a bond and we are servicing it.
“I think what will make news is if we became so insolvent that we are not capable of servicing the bond. It is somebody who is so illiterate, who is so uninformed that will see the issue of debt servicing as news.”
Oshiomhole, who also spoke on allegations by the PDP that he spent about N40 million on trips, said may be the PDP chairman, Mr. Dan Orbih, was speaking from the experience of former PDP governors who misruled the state or that of other PDP governors in other states.
