The Minister of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has urged the Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo to concentrate on the development of the State, rather than dissipating his energy and resources to probe of his immediate predecessor, Godwin Obaseki.
Wike, who was speaking in Benin, Edo State at the weekend said probing the former governor would achieve no meaningful results in his guest to achieve his dream of delivering the dividends of democracy to the people of Edo State.
In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the Minister on Public Communications and Social Media, Mr Lere Olayinka, Wike went further to counsel the governor that it was better for him to deploy his time and the State resources towards achieving his developmental goals Edo State and its people.
According to a statement, the FCT Minister Wike said; “If there is someone who would have encouraged Okpebholo to probe and prosecute Obaseki, that person should be me, but what I suffered in ensuring that he returned for a second term and how he paid me back is now in the past.
“We must pass through this process in life, move on for the development of Edo State. Don’t do it, I’m the one that should have told you pursue this man, I know what I passed through.
“I should be the one to prosecute Obaseki but what is it in life when God has given you position. If it were to be his power, you won’t be here, but God has told him, you don’t have it and I have given it to whom I want to give.”
Speaking to the former Governor of Edo State, Sen Adams Oshiomhole, Wike said; “Leader, I know how pained you are and what you passed through, I know the sufferings, you suffered and it was like a humiliation to you. I was part of it because I humiliated you.
“I apologised on national TV to you, sorry for what I did to you, leave it and focus on the development of Edo and you will see what you will achieve at the end of the day.”
Wike was in Benin, Edo State to commission the New Edo Line terminal, which is the second phase of the Edo State Benin Central Bus Terminal, but was later cancelled owing to the death of the immediate past President, Muhammadu Buhari in London.