The Edo State Governor and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, inspected eight gun boats, marine police post and accommodation for security personnel, among other projects executed by the state government to check criminality and insecurity in the riverine community of Gelegele and environs, in Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state.
The governor who was accompanied by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comr. Philip Shaibu, other members of the Edo State PDP Campaign Council as well as supporters, said the facility tour was part of his reelection campaign programme in the local government area, according to a statement by his spokesman, Crusoe Osagie.
Addressing journalists in Gelegele, Obaseki said: “We are here to assess the security investment we have made in the Gelegele Community. You can see that we have built a Marine Police Post and accommodation for the Marine police establishment here.
“This is a very porous waterway that leads to Ondo State and the rest of the Niger Delta. It is important we secure the community against pirates and kidnappers.
“In addition to the investment made for the Nigeria Police in terms of building an accommodation and a police station, we have also bought four gun boats and four ancillary patrol boats. We have eight gun boats, which the state government invested in for the police to secure this axis.”
Obaseki reassured, “We are working hard on improving the lives and social welfare of the people in this environment. We are reconstructing roads and other infrastructural facilities because without access roads, the cost of living will be high for the people.
“By the time we finish the construction of Ekehuan Road which is a dual carriage way that will extend to the Benin River Port, the living conditions of the people in this area will have changed radically. My prediction is that in another three years when you will come here, you will not recognise what you will see.”
The Edo State Governor also assured residents that the Benin River Port in Ovia North East Local Government Area and other legacy projects embarked upon by his administration to better the lives of Edo people will not be neglected.
He disclosed during at a campaign rally in Oduna Ward 11, Ovia North East. Obaseki said the port will be completed before the end of his second term in office.
He assured that the dualisation of the Ekehuan link-road to the port, which connects the port to the city centre and other arteries linking major towns within the state and neighbouring states will be completed.
The governor attributed the suspension of work at the port and Ekehuan Road dualisation and the construction of Oduna-Gelegele Road to the lockdown on international flights as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, assuring that the engineers will return to site as soon as the ban on international flights is lifted.
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