Former Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole has backed the State House of Assembly’s suspension of the 18 elected local government chairmen and their deputies.
Oshiomhole, now a senator representing Edo North senatorial district in the National Assembly, gave the backing to the House of Assembly’s decision while speaking to newsmen at his residence in Iyamho, Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State.
Oshiomhole alleged that the council chairmen were paying huge amounts to the immediate past Governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki.
According to him, “people already know that there is a new Sheriff in town. He is stopping all the bad guys and stopping the bleeding that Edo was going through.
“It is not a secret that Local Government Councils were paying huge amounts of money to his predecessor (Godwin Obaseki), and he says ‘stop’, not while I am here. We want the money to be used to develop the localities.”
Recall that the Edo State House of Assembly had on December 17, 2024, suspended the 18 Local government chairmen and their deputies for two months for alleged insubordination and gross misconduct.
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