The Edo State government has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to cause unrest in the state.
The Commissioner of Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, stated this at a media briefing on Wednesday in Benin City.
The commissioner alleged that the APC had resorted to inciting the public that the Federal Government gave many truckloads of rice to the state government for the people but the rice was now with some chieftains of PDP.
Nehikhare said the state government knew nothing about rice looted by protesters from a warehouse on August 1.
The Edo State government and APC had also clashed over the looted rice last week.
“Our findings reveal that the APC plans to incite civil unrest and cause chaos under the guise of riots and protests to disrupt the peace and stability of the state.
“APC is trying to divert attention from its candidate’s weaknesses and buying time to avoid debates and meaningful engagement with the people,” he said.
Nehikhare said the government had alerted police and the Department of State Services (DSS) about the plan.
However, the Director of Publicity for the APC Campaign Council in the state, Orobosa Omo-Ojo, denied the allegation.
He said Governor Godwin Obaseki was being haunted by the ghost of the #EndBadGovernance protest he allegedly sponsored in the state.
Omo-Ojo said the alleged sponsored protest led to the discovery of hidden federal government’s palliative in a PDP leader’s house in Benin.
“The fear of losing the entire hidden grains has led to Obaseki’s sudden hatred for organisers of the protest who he now calls hoodlums and thugs,” the APC chieftain added.
He urged the people of Edo to reject the PDP and its candidate in the September 21 poll, alleging that Asue Ighodalo would be worse than Obaseki if elected.
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