By Gabriel Enogholase

EDO State Director of Poverty Alleviation Agency, Mrs. Evelyn Igbafe, yesterday blamed her political differences with the APC candidate, Mr. Godwin Obaseki for the attack on her in her Benin residence yesterday. Mrs. Igbafe, a leading chieftain of the APC remained undaunted, yesterday, insisting that Obaseki would not fly as the party’s candidate in the election.

Responding, Mr. Osarodion Ogie, Obaseki’s campaign manager said the issue was an internal affair which is being addressed as a family matter by the reconciliation committee.

Giving details on the attack on her, Igbafe said, she noticed through her CCTV some strange elements who came into her compound with some policemen.

“I interrogated the policemen, gentlemen, what can I do for you? They said the Commissioner of Police said the Governor said that they should come and pick your official car. I said official car? I replied by saying that the official cars were purchased by the tax-payers money. And all the structures he is going about doing, is tax-payers money and I can never give you the key to the cars.”

Igbafe, wondered why the government had to engage the services of thugs demanding for her official vehicles when she was yet to been officially relived of her duties insisting that Governor Adams Oshiomhole has been misled by some unnamed individuals ahead of the governorship election.

“I am still standing by my words then; Obaseki is an unripe mango and unripe tomato. Nobody will buy him. So, let them get ready to carry pump action and AK-47 rifle to come and meet me.

•As Eribo wants her sanctioned

By Simon Ebegbulem

THE member representing Egor constituency in the Edo State House of Assembly, Mr Crosby Eribo, has called for sanctions on APC members who pour insult on Governor Adams Oshiomhole over the loss of their preferred aspirants in the recently concluded governorship polls.

Eyibo spoke in reaction to assertions by party chieftain, Mrs. Evelyn Igbafe, that the governor had perfected plans to kill her because she refused to support Obaseki.

“That was very uncomplimentary and unacceptable. Of what political relevance is Igbafe to APC that will warrant the governor to kill her. Igbafe and others should see how Obaseki even congratulated Ize-Iyamu and that shows the kind of person he is, it shows he is focused on how to serve the people and not fighting anybody.

“I have watched her comments and for me it does not make sense. We even learnt that she called the Esama of Benin who sent camera men to her house and she equally confessed to journalists that she had called the governorship candidate of the PDP, Pastor Ize-Iyamu that Oshiomhole brought people to kill her.