Monday, 13 July 2015

Oshiomhole Welcomes PDP's call for EFCC's probe. Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has welcomed the call by the Chairmanof the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Dan Orbih, to the EFCC to institute a probe into Edo State Local Government account, saying however that the probe should start from 1999. The peoples' Democratic Party presided over Edo State from 1999 to November 12, 2008, when the Comrade Governor recovered his mandate through the Verdict of the Court. The Governor, in a Statement on Monday by Oshiomhole's Special Adviser, Media and Public Affairs, Prince Kassim Afegbua said "as a government driven by prudence in its management of resources, we are proud to say that our achievements inin 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 the books and accounts of Local Government Administration in the last six years but such investigation should also cover the period between 1999 and 2008.

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