By Osahon Osahon
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has threatened to expose how the immediate past national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was allegedly embroiled in certificate scandal as governor of the state.
PDP warned the former governor of the state to stop harassing and questioning the credentials of its governorship flag-bearer in the September 19 election, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Chairman of the campaign council of the party for the state governorship election, Chief Dan Orbih, handed down the warning on Saturday, during its ward-to-ward campaign at Oredo wards 1 and 2 in Benin.
He accused the former governor of deliberately setting a section of the state ministry of education on fire in 2012, to cover his primary school certificate scandal.
It would be recalled that Edo PDP under the leadership of Chief Dan Orbih and its gubernatorial candidate in 2012, Major-General Charles Airhiavbere (Rted), had dragged Comrade Oshiomhole who was the APC governorship candidate in the election, before a federal high court in Benin, seeking his disqualification from seeking a second tenure as Governor, over his primary six certificate.
Orbih said the party would be forced to expose the circumstances that surrounded the fire disaster in which Oshiomhole claimed his primary six certificate was burnt.
“If he [Oshiomhole], does not stop talking about the qualification of Obaseki, we are going to question his primary six certificate.
“He burnt the building so that his primary six certificate will not be investigated. Like I said earlier, those who live in glass house should not throw stone,” he advised.
According to Orbih, “If others who did not perform up to Governor Obaseki could get a second tenure, why can’t he get it?”
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But in a swift reaction, on of the loyalists of Oshiomhole, Samson Osagie, described the allegation of certificate scandal as “an empty threat.”
He boasted that the PDP “can go ahead to investigate the fire outbreak.”
Earlier while speaking on the achievements of Godwin Obaseki as governor for four years, Chief Dan Orbih commended the PDP candidate for restoring sanity to the corridor of power in the state since the past four years.
On his part, the member representing Oredo federal constituency, Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, who appealed to the youths to be vigilant during the election, charged eligible voters in the state to defend their votes.
Addressing party faithful and supporters from Oredo Ward 8, 9, 10 and 11, Governor Obaseki alleged that two APC members-elect of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Eric Okaka and Mr. Chris Okaeben, representing Oredo East and Oredo West constituencies respectively, were deceived to abandon their legislative duties by his predecessor.
He also recalled how, as a sitting governor, the former labour leader denied him the privilege of making impute in the choice of lawmakers who should represent his constituencies.
“Where are the two members of Assembly members representing Oredo? They are not here. They preferred to sell their mandate to serve the godfather instead of serving you.
“The problem started from here in Oredo. They tried to disgrace me. They said that I didn’t win my ward during the last election. Even my family votes are enough for me to win election in my ward,” Obaseki said.
