The Edo Environment Govt has issued a 72-hour threat to Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Birthday celebration within the closing governorship election, and alternative supporters of the celebration, to go back executive automobiles recently of their ownership.
Kelly Okungbowa, Chairman of the Govt Property Healing Committee, not too long ago appointed through Governor Monday Okpebholo, issued the form on Tuesday.
Okpebholo had established the belongings medication committee to retrieve executive belongings, together with automobiles nonetheless held through non-public folks.
In step with the Channels Television on Tuesday, Okungbowa perceivable that some automobiles belonging to the now-defunct executive shipping corporate, Edo Series, had been allegedly bought and upcoming found out in a supplementary portions marketplace in Benin Town, the order capital.
He mentioned “We wish to importance this medium to attraction to these population whose names were discussed, to thrill go back the ones automobiles to the government, as a result of they aren’t my attribute. The ones automobiles are the attribute of the order executive, for the Edo population. And everyone knows the price of purchasing one automobile. To shop for a logo brandnew Hilux prices you not anything not up to N120 million. The place do they be expecting the governor to get that roughly cash to buy brandnew automobiles?
“We wish to attraction to them, particularly the candidate of the PDP, Barrister Asue Ighodalo and his working mate. It’s just right for us to additionally advise them as a father and chief within the order, that they will have to do the correct factor through returning the ones automobiles.
“It’ll passion you that the ones automobiles that experience recovered- the governor has directed that we will have to reallocate them to the companies, and we’ve got performed that.
“Mr governor was at Edo Series throughout the presen of his electoral marketing campaign. He mentioned he would revamp Edo Series. After we were given there, there was once disagree automobile. We were given some data that the ones automobiles had been taken from the Edo Series and bought. This morning, we were given data, and we was at a playground referred to as Uwelo Spareparts. We found out about 12 automobiles there. Six had been movable, six weren’t movable. Now we have the video right here.
“While we are appealing, the government will also decide on its own. We are not here to witch-hunt anybody. We are doing our job according to the law. It is not that we don’t know where some of them were kept. They took some of the vehicles to Lagos, Abuja, and Abeokuta. But we are appealing to them, and follow due process.”
The committee additionally indexed the names of officers hooked up to the former management who’re allegedly nonetheless in ownership of presidency automobiles, and recommended that such automobiles be returned inside of 72 hours.
“We are giving them another 72 hours to do the needful. If they fail to do it, then, we will do the needful,” he added.