Edo North Senator-elect, Adams Oshiomhole, on Sunday, downplayed the possibility of impeaching Governor, Godwin Obaseki ahead of the March 11 House of Assembly and governorship elections.
Oshiomhole said Obaseki should not be unnecessarily bothered about being impeached by the incoming lawmakers in the state.
The Senator-elect while speaking with newsmen in Benin City, the Edo State capital, said if Obaseki had performed well he won’t be afraid that the people of the state would vote out his party, the Peoples Democratic Party.
He noted that Obaseki can only fear impeachment if he had committed some atrocities.
Oshiomhole said, “There is no truth in it unless the governor feels that he has committed so much atrocities that he is now afraid that he cannot stand the rigour of democratic governance.
“The purpose of the House of Assembly is to subject the Executive to legislative scrutiny. It is not for nothing that you spend millions, if not billions, maintaining a parliament.”
He noted that the House of Assembly candidates contesting to occupy the Edo Parliament are “hungry to ensure that the governor spends resources in a manner that captures the aspirations of their various constituents. Sacking the governor is not in their manifesto.”
Oshiomhole accused the Obaseki-led state government of not allowing the parliament to function the way it should.