Edo state government has dismissed claim by a faction if the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the state that Governor Monday Okpebholo has sacked some civil servants in the state.
The government, in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Fred Itua, said that the PDP had yet to recover from its defeat at September 21, 2024 guber poll.
Read Fred Itua’s statement: “The statement issued by the factional chapter of the PDP in Edo is a joke taken too far.
“The PDP has yet to recover from the crushing defeat it suffered during the 21st September governorship election in Edo State.
“Governor Monday Okpebholo, since his inauguration on Tuesday, has since hit the ground running and trying to fix the mess created by the immediate-past MoU governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki.
“For the records, the statement released on Wednesday by the Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, did not sack any civil servants. Besides, no Governor sacks civil servants through a media pronouncement.
“Those asked to go were appointees of the last administration in the State. The factional PDP in Edo State is ignorant, and its members need to be gainfully engaged.
“Anyone in the State’s civil service that is an appointee has nothing to fear. But if you are a product of the last MoU government and appointed by Obaseki, the rule of law must stand.”
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