A video has emerged of the convoy of the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, caught in a traffic caused by flooding at the RCC Junction on the Benin-Sapele-Warri Expressway.
The flooding, as a result of the nationwide massive rainfall on Sunday, resulted in a gridlock that affected his convoy.
A passerby used the opportunity to capture the scene on video, saying this was a good time to made the point that nemesis will soon catch up the country’s important personalities.
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The man who shared the video said: “The governor is the one inside the vehicle, but it has stopped moving.
“This is his vehicle.
“He cannot come down as he is ashamed.”
Obaseki, who spoke with newsmen during a visit to the Edo State secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, said he cannot fix the road in question because it is owned by the Federal Government.
He said Benin, the state capital, which ordinarily should be a blessing to all Nigerians, has now become a curse because of flooding and bad roads.
He said: “The position and location of Edo, particularly Benin City, which has been a blessing is now becoming a curse.
“A blessing because we are very centrally located in Nigeria and we are one state where all major federal trunks pass through.
“We are a transport hub.
“So you have the dual carriage coming from the West, one coming from the East, one coming from the South South and one is supposed to be going to the North.
“And a federal policy relating to its roads is very confusing.
“In the past, we could go as a state, rehabilitate and give the Federal Government the bill for refund.
“At one point, they said states can apply to take over those roads but I am yet to see one state that they have given a federal road to.
“The Auchi-Ibillo Road was so bad that some of our contractors couldn’t go to their quarry site.
“We appealed to the Federal Government to do palliative work on that road, but they refused, saying the road is under contract.
“If I want to do the same to Benin-Sapele Road, I am not allowed to because first, it is not our road and second, the Federal Government said it had already given it out to a contractor.
“So, I cannot do anything on that road.
“So, we are in a very difficult situation in Edo.
“It is like our hands and our legs are tied and they say we should run because the only government people know is their state government.
“I am not here to criticise the Federal Government. but I am here to say that we are all Nigerians and it is only fair and proper that the Federal Government, which has 52 per cent of our revenue allocation, should treat Nigerians as human beings and that they all come from this country.
“You don’t have to vote for a Federal Government for the government to care about you, but it is like there is nobody to talk to.
“Nobody cares about us in Abuja.”
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