Edo APC tells state Assembly to impeach Obaseki, over threat to burn down Nigeria

By Jude Opara, Abuja

The leadership of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the State House of Assembly to immediately commence impeachment proceedings against Governor Godwin Obaseki over his alleged threat to burn down the country.
Chairman of the Edo APC, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, made the call on Monday in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin, the state capital.
Tenebe said that Obaseki in a viral video, threatened to burn down the country if the killers of Inspector Akor Onuh in last Thursday’s attack at the Benin Airport are not arrested by the police.
The APC chairman also called on the State legislators to immediately condemn the governors ‘reckless and dangerous threat to burn down Nigeria’.
He added that to avoid and end the governor’s alleged heinous plans, the Speaker and members of the Edo State House of Assembly should immediately start his impeachment process, which he said has become overdue.
He said the people of Edo can no longer watch Governor Obaseki’s reign of violent politics, which has heightened insecurity in the state.
Tenebe further alleged that the governor has readily armed the Edo State Security Network (ESSN) and Public Work Volunteers (PUWOV) “to kill, maim, and wound anyone who holds contrary views of his divisive administration”.
He described Obaseki’s latest violent threat against Nigeria and Nigerians is a descent into madness that must quickly be tamed to avoid anarchy and a breakdown of law and order in Edo State and Nigeria in genera;.

He said; “In the last 24 hours, Nigerians from all walks of life have been treated to a melodrama wherein the Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, gloated like a villain in a video, threatening to burn down Nigeria if the murderers of Inspector Akor Onuh at the Benin City Airport are not arrested by the police.

“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 a breakdown of law and order in Edo State and Nigeria.

“The signs of his cognitive impairment have been a source of concern not just for Edo people but also for the governor himself, so much so because he readies his thugs—the dangerous Edo State Security Network (ESSN) and Public Work Volunteers (PUWOV)—to kill, maim, and wound anyone who holds contrary views of his divisive administration”.

Tenebe further alleged that the tragic incident of last Thursday is a classical example of how far state-sponsored extra-judicial killings have been going on, but are covered by the state government while claiming they were inter-cult fights.