EFFC is Free To Probe Me - Confident Adams Oshiomhole Charges At PDP

Posted by Lolade on Tue 14th Jul, 2015 - tori.ng

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has confidently stated that he is not afraid of the probe proposed by the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Dan Orbih.

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole has welcomed the call by the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Dan Orbih, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to institute a probe into Edo State Local Government account.

The Governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua said that he welcomes any plan by the EFCC to probe his administration.

The statement read in part:

“As a government driven by prudence in its management of resources, we are proud to say that our achievements in the last six years far supersede that of the PDP’s ten years of presiding over the State.

“We are pleased to state without fear or favour that we welcome the suggestion raised by Dan Orbih inviting the EFCC to look into the books and accounts of Local Government Administration in the last six years but that such investigation should also cover the period between 1999 and 2008.

"Such investigation should also look into the allocations and expenditures of the Local Government, their procurement procedures, who did the procurements, at what costs and the total accruals into the coffers of Local Government Accounts across the State within that period of 1999 to 2008."

“From such investigative effort, the public would be able to know who siphoned Local Government funds between the Government of Comrade Oshiomhole and that presided over by the PDP for ten years. This should be the real challenge in the light of on-going effort to sanitize the inherited rotten system from the PDP. It will also make an interesting reading if the PDP can publish all accruals to Local Government between 1999 and 2008, same way it published, inaccurately, the figures between 2008 and 2015.

“We will also welcome the invitation of the EFCC to look into the over N300 billion released to the Federal Ministry of Works under the PDP former Minister of Works [a.k.a the Leader] for which no tangible work was done."