Benin City, Edo State – Governor Monday Okpebholo said he personally funded the purchase of his office chair after he resumed office as Edo state governor.
Governor Okpebholo said his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki, left with the chair bearing Nigeria’s Coat of Arms from the Governor’s office.
He stated this while speaking on Politics Today, a Channels Television programme, on Thursday evening, February 20, 2025, Vanguard reports.
Okpebholo said he would not initiate a personal probe into Obaseki’s administration.
The governor, however, said the system would eventually investigate financial matters and ensure that any misappropriated funds were recovered.
He said God used people to support and help him defeat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the Saturday, September 22, 2024 governorship election.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) governor said:
TimesNow.com.ng also reported that Okpebholo explained the reason he suspended the 18 local government chairmen in Edo state.
Okpebholo said the suspended chairmen remitted N12 billion to leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state.
According to Okpebholo, the money was tagged “Environmental security funding” with N800 million every month.
Meanwhile, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Governor Okpebholo opened and closed his case before the Edo state election tribunal sitting in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Okpebholo closed his case after a witness admitted to overvoting in the September governorship election in the state.
Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led’s three-member tribunal adjourned the hearing to February 12, for APC to open its case.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
