…APC Chairman Tenebe caught lying on Video
Despite all efforts by APC Governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo and other APC chieftains to stop the protests from holding in Edo State, the brave and valiant people of Edo State trooped out in large numbers at Ring Road in the heart of Benin City to express their rejection of the hunger, high cost of living, bad governance and maladministration of the APC led Federal Government.
The protesters held placards with inscriptions like “End bad governance” “SAY NO TO FUEL HIKES”, “APC RENEWED SHEGE” and gathered peacefully to protest at Ring Road in Benin City.
Meanwhile APC Chairman Jarret Tenebe was caught lying on Video that the protest did not hold all in a shameful bid to justify the money he received from Tinubu to thwart the protests in Benin.
In the days preceding, the APC Candidate and Party Chairman had received N350 Million Naira from Aso Rock sources to dissuade Edo citizens from coming out to legitimately express their grievances about the worsening economic situation in the Country caused by APC.
They fear that APC’s failure to ameliorate the sufferings of the people coupled with a 10 day protest against their Bad Governance will completely demarket the Party which is already very unpopular with Edo People going into September 21st Guber Election.
While APC’s Buhari punished Nigerians with whips, APC’s Tinubu has stepped up the ante, punishing Nigerians with snakes and scorpions. Fuel prices have risen by over 300%, prices of food items have equally tripled. The hunger in the land has given rise to a surge in armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry and other crimes as people are desperate to survive.
It is made even worse by the fact that the predominantly APC ruling class have continued to live in unrestrained luxury while the vast majority of ordinary Nigerians sink deeper and deeper into penury. Senate President Akpabio approved a Presidential Jet for Tinubu which cost N150 Billion while Vice President Shettima got a new official residence for N21 Billion
In Edo, the APC Governorship Candidate Monday Okpebholo is a serving Senator who earns over ₦30 million monthly with over N650 Million Constituency Allowance unaccounted for but he has openly criticised the State govt’s decision to increase Edo workers salaries to ₦70,000. He says it’s too much and will reduce it when he becomes Governor because Edo State doesn’t have money to pay it. This is the level of pervasive wickedness in APC
Before the protest, Okpebholo on Monday released a press Statement urging Edo people to have faith in the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and promised that he will implement his agenda in Edo State if he is elected.
It is a shame and insult on the sensibilities of enlightened Edo People that after the damage APC had done to the economy nationally, they had the effrontery to present a mediocre and poorly educated Candidate like Monday Okpebholo who has been unable to articulate a clear agenda for the people of Edo State.
We have all seen the consequences of one year of Tinubu’s agenda in Nigeria.
We can be sure that Edo people do not want that for themselves.
Mathew Ehigiator
Benin City