There seems to be no end in sight to the war of words between Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State and the immediate past Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, as the comrade governor has now asked the former Minister to proceed to court as she threatened few days ago.
Following Oshiomhole’s attempt to link Okonjo-Iweala to the ongoing $2 billion arms deal probe which she had denied, the ex-minister in a statement by her Media Aide, Paul Nwabuikwu, stressed that she has absolutely nothing to do with the issue.
She then stated that it was an abuse of public office, the judicial process and her human rights for the Edo State Governor whom she stopped from taking a highly suspicious N15 billion loan to make false allegations against her while hiding behind the constitutional immunity granted state governors.
Reacting to the former Minister’s statement, Special Adviser to Governor Oshiomhole on Media, Prince Kassim Afegbua stated that he awaits the letter from her lawyers as she threatened days ago.
He regretted that rather than respond to issues, Okonjo-Iweala made self-indicting statements on how she denied Edo people the funds needed to develop critical infrastructure.
While reminding the former minister of accountability to people by public office holders, Afegbua urged her to be ready to answer questions on her role while in office.
“She should be ashamed to even state that she denied Edo people infrastructure loan when she could not redeem what was due to the state. Would there have been need for loan request if she was truly in firm control of the economy under her watch?,” he asked.
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