Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomhole has alleged that a whooping N140bn
was paid as consultancy fee for the construction of a second Niger
bridge by the last administration. Oshiomhole said this while reacting
to insinuations that the Buhari led government was victimizing the Igbos
because they did not vote for him. He said if at all there was any
victimization, it was in the last administration.
"For those who are interested in politics of sharing, I am not
interested; I am interested in the politics of baking. If the competent
hands come from one family and they will deliver to the nation so be it.
If a Kenyan can be elected as an American President why should we
continue to discuss South South or South East.
The second Niger Bridge is what Ndigbo needs to ask
Jonathan, where is that bridge? They did ground breaking, water
breaking, where is the bridge? When Father Mbaka talked about the shame
of Onitsha-Enugu road, people misconstrued his comments. Let me tell
you, if the Igbos were marginalized, it was by President Jonathan under
the PDP. Even the consultancy they did in the name of the second Niger
Bridge, the expenditure they incurred which is not on ground, about 700
million dollars of that was funded from the Sovereign Wealth Fund which
is money not belonging to the Federal Government but to the 774 Local
Government Areas, the 36 states and of course the Federal Government. We
called them to appear before us and they said they spent 700 million
dollars from the Sovereign Wealth fund and I asked them where is the
bridge? That 700million dollars amounted to N140billion on the second
Niger Bridge and that money belongs to the three tiers of government.
Okonjo Iweala was shouting on the need to have a Sovereign Wealth Fund
but you can see what they used the money for. Those are the issues the
Igbos should ask Jonathan to account for. Where is our bridge? Where is
the dual carriage way from Onitsha to Owerri and Enugu. The roads in the
South South as Obasanjo will say are embarrassment to the people of the
South South. You cannot drive to Yenagoa, no road; so much noise about
East West road, where is the road? You go to Akwa Ibom the Federal roads
there are in bad shape. I have listened to governors from the South
East, they will tell you there are no roads in the South East. So if the
Igbos were marginalized, it was President Jonathan and the PDP. If
Nigerians know what these people did, they will stone them to death –
jungle justice. 700 million dollars gone on second Niger bridge without
any bridge to show"he said
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