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Edo governor, Monday Okpebholo, has come under strong criticisms for his unprovoked attacks and threats on the former Anambra State governor and Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
Observers notes that Okpebholo's statement puts Edo in a very bad light, capable of discouraging potential investors, casting dark shadows on the State.
"That the State is not an ideal place for investment, outreach and social bonding—that nobody with political ambition who is not a member of the APC is safe in the State; that every visitor to Edo must be seen to be endorsed by the governor before he can visit, as if Edo is at war; that Okpebholo's statement is unbefitting of a governor"—these and more are concerns observers have raised amidst Okpebholo's unprovoked threats to Peter Obi.
On Friday, while receiving one decampee into the APC, Edo governor, Monday Okpebholo sent a "direct message" to Mr. Peter Obi.
"The man wey e say e nor get shi-shi, I am sending a direct message to him, there is a new sheriff in town; he cannot come to Edo without telling me, because his security will never be guaranteed, whatever happens to him when he is in Edo State, he will take it".
"I am serious about it", Okpebholo emphasized.
Okpebholo has also been strongly rebuked by the people for daring to ridicule Peter Obi's contribution to a hospital in Benin at a recent visit; "that Peter Obi highly regarded by Nigerians at home and in the diaspora as the conscience of the nation and an example of the kind of leader Nigerians are now yearning for ahead 2027, Okpebholo should even consider himself lucky having Peter visit his State".
One businessman said "Okpebholo's statements are reckless, unguarded and puts Edo, a State known for progress, peace and tolerance, in a very bad, dark and unpopular pedestal".
Observers have advised Okpebholo to focus on governance as 2027 is a distance away; and that his works are what will speak in his desperation to "give Tinubu 2.5Million votes", not the number of threats he dishes out to national conscience like Peter Obi, with very strong capacity to administer Nigeria.
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