Edo 2024: APC Calls For Governor Obaseki’s Impeachment  For Alleged Inciting Comments

By Akinwale Kasali

As the Edo State Governorship Election draws closer, opposition Party in the State, the All Progressives Congress,  APC, has urged the Edo State House of Assembly Members to begin impeachment moves against Governor Godwin Obaseki for alleged unsavoury comments in a viral video where he said Nigeria would burn down if anything happens to the Peoples Democratic Party,  PDP, Governorship Candidate, Asue Ighodalo.

Obaseki alleged that the PDP Candidate and members of his party were being targeted.

He made this statement while addressing Party faithfuls, making reference to last Thursday attack. where some people shot at the convoy of Philip Shaibu in the company of the governorship candidate of the party, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, in which his police orderly was shot dead.

Obaseki had said in the video that “We just kept quiet last Thursday. If they try what they tried last Thursday again, Nigeria will burn and I will lead it. You don’t behave like that, we have passed that stage. If you want to go to the Court, you wait for the Court.

“We are not animals, the last time we kept quiet, I told all of you, you are the ones that have something to lose, but that does not mean that they should take us for granted. Those people who did it, you refuse to arrest them, rather they want to come and arrest our boys.”

Following this development, APC, in a statement, by its Acting State Chairman, Emperor Jarrett Tenebe, said Obaseki’s comments   were capable of inciting the public.

The statement reads In part:

“To say the least, Obaseki’s latest violent threat to Nigeria and Nigerians is a descent into madness that must quickly be tamed to avoid anarchy and breakdown of law and order in Edo State and Nigeria.

“The avoidable tragic incident of last Thursday July 18, 2024 is a vivid example of how far the State sponsored extrajudicial killings have been going on, but covered by the State Government with deceptive reports of inter-cult fights in the state. It was time this madness stopped. It is time to stop Mr. Obaseki before he carries out his threat.

“We are, therefore, calling on the State House of Assembly to, immediately, condemn Obaseki’s reckless and dangerous threat to burn down Nigeria.

“Additionally, to forestall and end his unprecedented heinous plans, we are urging the Speaker and Members of Edo State House of Assembly to immediately start his impeachment process that has become overdue.”