The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has promised to reward the immediate past governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, with N50 million if he could walk freely on the streets of Benin City and receive a rousing welcome from residents.
DAILY POST reports that Prince Kassim Afegbua, a chieftain of the party and member of the Edo State Assets Verification Committee, threw the challenge at a press briefing shortly after the inauguration of the committee by Governor Monday Okpebholo at Government House in Benin City.
Afegbua, who responded to some allegations and criticism against the barely two-week-old administration of Governor Okpebholo in the state by the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, opined that the people-oriented policies and steps so far taken by the new government had endeared him to the people.
According to him: “The reason for the press briefing, just like the chairman said, is to respond to some insinuations…