Why I May Not Attend Okpebholo’s Inauguration – Obaseki

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of planning to inaugurate Senator Monday Okpebholo as governor of the state without consulting the existing state government.

Obaseki made the statement in Benin during the inauguration of a caretaker committee for the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Okpebholo, the APC candidate who won the September 2024 governorship election, is scheduled to be sworn in on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

However, Obaseki criticized the APC’s actions, calling them “lawless” and emphasizing that the state government should oversee the inauguration process.

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He stated, “Somebody has to be sworn in. Sworn into a government that exists. You just don’t come from nowhere and start a government. There is already a government. There is a way things are done.

“The government of Edo state is inaugurating a new governor on Tuesday. But what you are seeing now… all the posters. The government of Edo state is not involved.

“So, it is crazy when people just behave the way they are behaving as if there are no laws in the country. I just sit down sometimes and wonder.

“Are we okay as a country? We are guided by the constitution. We are guided by laws and precedents and procedures.

“So, they are doing inauguration, I as a governor don’t know. Not even been invited. So, it is like they are starting a brand new state and government.”