Ex-international footballer, Prince Collins Eselemo has raised an alarm of alleged knocking down of the multi-million naira, 500-meter-long perimeter fence he constructed for his alma mater, Unused Age Faculty, Benin Town in Edo Atmosphere.
Eselemo, an All Progressives Congress stalwart and scion of the Eselemo Ijaw dynasty in Warri, Delta Atmosphere, in a signed commentary made to be had to newshounds in Warri on Monday over the alleged incident, famous with worry that “the action had political undertone”.
In step with the commentary, the fringe fencing of the college which he had built based on a safety name, was once widely pulled ill through functionaries of the Edo Atmosphere Executive, who worn the similar because the gate for a Cottage Clinic.
“This action without reference to stakeholders stemmed from political difference”, Eselemo said.
The ex-international footballer’s commentary mentioned, “According to want of my alma mater, I spent excess thousands and thousands to build up a ten-feet-high 500m perimeter fence to handle safety considerations of kidnapping, raping and the likes, of my alma mater as some way of giving again to crowd.
“The fence were ill for years and the kids had been uncovered.
“I intervened to rebuild the fence, not because of failed efforts by the Government, but to attend to a distress call of my alma mater.”
Mentioning additional, he added, “A intended elitist Executive is aware of that partnership with public-spirited folks is a countrywide/world name.
“Within the quick subject, I got here in to rescue my alma mater which wanted the fence and faculty gate that I constructed correctly. However executive brokers destroyed a large range of the fence I constructed clearly as a result of political variations.
“I’m APC. The ruling executive is PDP. Almost certainly it sees what I did to my college as political capital for my birthday celebration the APC and so must be defaced and destroyed.
“The stunning factor is that the federal government had selection/energy to park get admission to gate to the cottage health facility, that was once hurriedly constructed, from a number of alternative issues, however they had been concerned about defacing my efforts and closing ill my philanthropist formality which executive must usually have inspired.
“Incidentally, the Governor’s wife, Betsy Obaseki, was at the inauguration ceremony of this philanthropist gesture.”
A number of efforts to succeed in the Atmosphere Commissioner for Schooling, Joan Osa Oviawe, via telephone yelps and textual content messages for feedback at the allegation had been to refuse avail as of the occasion of submitting this record.