Frustrated politicians are behind violence in Edo — Oshiomhole

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole yesterday said political violence has been on the rise in the state because of the desire of some frustrated politicians in the state to prove to PDP in Abuja that they are working.

The Comrade governorship disclosed this yesterday in Benin at a town hall meeting. He added that he was happy to offload politicians such as Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to the PDP.
The town hall meeting was called to brief tradition rulers from the three senatorial districts in the state on the political violence that has enveloped the state in recent times.
Oshiomhole, responding to allegations by Pastor Ize-Iyamu that he was responsible for planting a bomb at his wife’s clinic and destroying cars in Frank Erewele’s compound, said, both Iyamu and Erewele were suffering from self inflicted wounds, arranging bombs in order to divert attention from the criminal act they perpetrated at the House of Assembly quarters.
He said: “Erewele has never won his booth as an APC member so, of what relevance is he that I will want to kill him? Again, everybody knows Ize-Iyamu’s house. So, if we want to kill him, why will we go to his wife’s clinic, not even the clinic but the gateman’s house.
“If we are a violent party, why have we not attacked Dan Orbih or Lucky Imasuen who are the main decision makers in PDP? Why will we attack Ize-Iyamu and Erewele who are still struggling to be admitted into the mainstream of PDP? So, that allegation is not only laughable but foolish.”
The governor commended members of the House of Assembly for passing the 2015 budget despite attempts made by the PDP leaders in the state to block it and ground the economy of the state. He called passage of the budget “another victory over the forces of darkness”
He said: “It is true that some people plotted, believing that they can impeach me and short circuit the political process. They voted huge sums of money with which they convinced five APC lawmakers to join the four they already had to become nine.
“They were on the verge of procuring more accomplices hoping that they would gain at least 13 and if they had 13 out of 24, then they would have had a simple majority. With a simple majority they cannot impeach but will be able to block the budget.
“Once they blocked the budget they would have paralysed the government.”