Group tackles Edo gov over attack on Capt Okunbo

A group, the  New  Nigeria  Collective  (NNC), has taken Edo Governor,  Godwin  Obaseki, to task for allegedly failing to own up to his “cruelty and acts of ingratitude” to Capt. Idahosa Wells Okunbo.

The group also threatened to expose more of the governor’s other evil plots against he business mogul.

In an open letter  to President Muhammadu Buhari and people of Edo State, Okunbor had levelled series of accusations against Governor Obaseki.  But the governor dismissed all the  allegations, saying: “In your lengthy and convoluted missive, you accused me of being the mastermind of all your recent misfortunes, which range from the sublime to the ridiculous. I sincerely empathise with you over these unfortunate and negative incidents but hereby state without equivocation, that I am innocent of all you have accused me of.”

But the NNC, in a statement by its chairman, Adeola Adewunmi, yesterday, said  Capt.  Okunbo’s detailed letter  painted a vivid picture of  the  governor’s  crimes against  him,  citing places, names, witnesses and dates. This,  the  group maintained, was  an  indication  of  a  man,  who came  clean  to  the  public  with  all  the  facts  before  him,  even as they alleged that  Obaseki resorted  to  emotional  blackmail dancing round  the issues without  addressing the major grievances raised by Okunbo.

“We  read  with  absolute  shock  and  its  resultant  helplessness, albeit   momentarily,  all the lies put together by Governor  Obaseki, in an attempt to look good before the  public against the well documented grouses of one of Benin’s great and illustrious sons, Capt. Idahosa Okunbo. We are quick to note that your reply is a cocktail of lies and an afterthought,  which  is  of  no  consequence.  Where  were  you when  your men, armed  with  falsehood and deceit, were throwing stones at Capt. Hosa? If truly he was your brother or friend,  as you claimed, did you ever reach out to him  even  after he said at  different  times that you  and  your  men  should  leave him alone? Why didn’t you also  confirm  to  the  whole  world  that Capt. Hosa was your brother and friend by asking your foot soldiers to stop all their attacks against him,  at least, after you saw a letter he personally wrote and addressed to the public? But after that, the attacks escalated.”