‘I Did Not Sign $45.21m Flyover Deal with China’ Okpebholo Replies PDP
Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has denied ever signing any deal with the Chinese government to the tune of $45.21m for flyover bridges.
He, therefore assured the people of the state that he would not be another memorandum of understanding (MoU) governor like Godwin Obaseki.
Okpebholo gave the assurance weekend while reacting to allegation by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that he had signed a $45.21m deal with China Exim Bank.
The senator, who gave the assurance in a statement by his media aide, Godswill Inegbe, said he would not be distracted by the outbursts of those who are ‘still licking their wounds after losing the September 21 governorship election in the state.’
Putting a lie to the write-up, Okpebholo explained that as a governor-elect, he was not in any official capacity to obtain any loan on behalf of the State.
He said: “I am rather working on how to offset the numerous loans obtained by the outgoing Gov Godwin Obaseki administration without any correlating development.
