Kassim Afegbua: We will interrogate it and the one we can get, we will get it back.
Those who presided over Edo Best where are they today? They told you and I that Edo was E-governed, E-government, E-education, e-learning, E everything, my brother where is e-learning? You and I, we live in this town, where is it?
Where are the internet services in communities like Okpella where I come from, Okpekpe, Agenebode and all that? Where are the infrastructure for e-learning? Why do we deceive ourselves and deceive the people? You sweet talk the people because you feel that that is the only way they can support you. Why?
If they supported you to come for a second term in 2020, what have you done to show appreciation by way of service delivery?
Interviewer: Just before we go, one more thing, very important. It's important we talk about it.
A popular critic of Governor Monday Okpebholo based in the diaspora, an Edo indigene known as Albert Obazee was attacked by one Double Chief
Kassim Afegbua: Ehen?
Interviewer: Yes
Kassim Afegbua: I don't. . . Who is Albert Obazee?
Interviewer: He is a Bini man
Kassim Afegbua: Ehen.
Interviewer: Yes
Kassim Afegbua: An Edo son?
Interviewer: Yes
Kassim Afegbua: Oh, okay.
Interviewer: Based in the diaspora. So he was attacked there for criticizing Governor Monday Okpebholo's administration. So the attacker. . .
Kassim Afegbua: Oh! Who attacked him?
Interviewer: The said Double Chief.
Kassim Afegbua: Okay.
Interviewer: Yeah, slapped him.
So the attacker, allegedly, was invited by the state government to Benin City, he was celebrated. So we saw some government officials,. . .
Kassim Afegbua: Namely?
Interviewer: From footages we saw an SSA to the governor and we saw a member of the state house of assembly.
Kassim Afegbua: No no no we don't we don't thrive in those. . . They may have acted in their personal capacity.
Interviewer: So, we want you to clear the air.
Kassim Afegbua: They may have acted in their personal capacity. This is not the. . . Governor Monday Okpebholo is a man of peace. You will discover in Edo state that even those who were his violent critics during the campaign, about 80% of them have emptied into APC. He has absorbed them, he has also given them appointments. The man who was chairman of Obaseki's internal revenue, John Inegbedion, he's a special adviser to the government today. These are people who criticize him. Friday Itula was one of the persons that also ran all kinds of commentaries against the government, he's a member of APC today. Imosilo is another, he's a member of APC today. So there are quite a number of them.
We are not in the business of witch-hunting anybody for whatever they do. We allow their consciences to judge them and so if all those persons have done anything it may be in their personal capacity, it is not a state policy for us to go against Edo people. We rather. . .
Interviewer: Don't you think this portends bad image to the government, if they are acting in their personal capacity and they are part of the government?
Kassim Afegbua No, they will definitely be cautioned once we study the footages you said, I haven't seen the footage, but definitely if there are footages that speak to this direction we'll put them to task. Appropriate sanctions will be meted to them.
But you know people can respond to issues in in different ways. The. . . I want to believe the Albert. . . is it the Albert you are talking about, I heard him say 800 was used to buy vehicles. My brother, a sane person cannot make such a statement. 800 billion is not 800 naira. It's not 800 million naira. Please. People come out to criticize. They should not be carried away by infatile dissemination. They should be carried away by facts and figures. Have we received 800 billion since we came into office? Let alone deploying that kind of resources to buying vehicle. Meanwhile, we are doing a lot of projects across the state. So please,.
Interviewer: But you said you don't know Albert Obazee, how. . .?
Kassim Afegbua: No, I've just told you. I said I heard a statement by him. I really don't know him. That's truth. I don't know him, but I heard the comment that he made. I don't, I can't really
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