The Government of Governor Godwin Obaseki has fingered Tinubu as being responsible for the political crisis rocking the state.
The Seniour Special Adviser to Governor Obaseki Adaze Emwata made this known in a National Television Programme in Lagos.
Emwata said Tinubu’s attack on Obaseki as the person responsible for the crisis showed his level of complicity .
According to him, The APC leader had been silent on issues of state but only cried blue murder when Oshiomole was to be removed as National Chairman of the APC
He said that Edo is not like Lagos State and as such Tinubu cannot exercise control of Edo .
The truth of the matter he said was that 12 members elect, refused to avail themselves of being sworn in but rather chose to stay in Abuja where they were allegedly camped by the Former APC National Chairman. for a year..
According to him,Within the period of their absence ,the house declared their seats vacant in line with the law of the house..
Beyond that, the matter is in court and hasn’t been withdrawn,he said . He regretted that the same people who are in court would resort to unconstitutional means such as attempting to invade the House of Assembly, and when they were not successful,they had to use the residence of APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-iyamu for what he described as ” Fellowship”.
When asked about his opinion on the directive by the Attorney General of the Federation to the iInspector General of Police asking him to providie security for certain lawmakers in the state, the SSA, said” it showed that we do not have democratic institutions that are functional ” This he said if not not condemned, would make the country degenerate to a banana republic adding that there are attempts to cause crisis so as to declare a state of emergency on Edo State.