The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has tackled the state governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki over threat to set Nigeria ablaze.
Obaseki had in a video that has gone viral threatened that if what happened last Thursday – the shooting at Benin Airport and the consequent death of one Inspector Akon – Nigeria will burn.
But in a swift reaction to Obaseki’s threat, the state chairman of the party, Jarrett Tenebe, in a statement, while condemning the Governor’s action, said that “Obaseki’s incessant violent politics has heightened insecurity in the state.”
He added that “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.”
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He, therefore, called on the State House of Assembly to “immediately condemn his reckless and dangerous threat to burn down Nigeria.”
Tenebe’s 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 sign of his cognitive impairment has been a source of concern not just for Edo people, but also to the governor himself, so much so because, he readies his thugs – the dangerous Edo State Security Network (ESSN) and Public Work Volunteers (POWOV) to Kill, maim and wound anyone that holds contrary views of his divisive administration.
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“The avoidable tragic incident of last Thursday July 18, 2024 is a vivid example of how far the state sponsored extra judicial 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 stops. It is time to stop Mr. Obaseki before he carries out his threat.
“Edo people can no longer watch Governor Obaseki’s incessant violent politics that has heightened insecurity in the state.
“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,” the statement added.