Flooding: Okpebholo, PDP trade blames

Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, yesterday exchanged banters over flooding in Benin City and environs.
Downpour of rain on Tuesday left parts of the state flooded. Houses were submerged while some major roads were impassable for several hours.
Okpebholo, through his Chief Press Secretary, Fred Itua, said recent scenes of widespread flooding in the city had led to questioning what happened to $150million former governor Godwin Obaseki claimed to have spent on flood control.
But the PDP said it was unfortunate that an All Progressive Congress (APC) government, nearing its first year in office, could be calling on their predecessor in office, ‘like their messiah any time they are met with their many misfortunes which are mostly due to their ineptitude.’
Edo PDP Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare, in a statement, said Okpebholo’s excuse for leaving Edo ungoverned and exposing the people to the elements of yearly relentless downpour of water, was a phantom mismanagement of some funds for erosion control under former Governor Obaseki’s government.