After becoming stopped in a muddy Sapele road, Obaseki laments that the FG has abandoned Edo

According to Obaseki, the federal government has refused to work with the Edo administration to rehabilitate damaged federal highways in the state.Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo status, has lamented the status of federal highways in the South-South state after his convoy became trapped in the mud on the Benin-Sapele road over the weekend.The governor's convoy was stopped at the RCC junction on Sapele Road in Benin after heavy rain caused the road to flood and become impassable. A background voice can be heard in the popular video imploring viewers to share the video to demonstrate that it is time for leaders to face the consequences of their actions. The background (male) voice said, “When we told the government to fix the road, they were busy filling the potholes with broken blocks. They think they are suffering the masses. Now it is payback time as the masses are not the only ones suffering the collapse of this road. “The governor is the one inside the vehicle but it has stopped moving. This is his vehicle (pointing at it), he cannot come down as he is ashamed. Everyone (both the poor and the rich) is feeling the brunt of bad policies in the country,” he voiced over the video.After a while, the governor's convoy was seen moving away from the flooded part of the road. Meanwhile, Obaseki confirmed the incident in a statement released on Sunday, July 23, 2023. He, however, lamented the scandalous state of the road and blamed the federal government for neglecting roads in the oil-producing state. He said: “I was on Sapele Road recently. After the heavy downpour, the road was impassable. What is going on in Benin-Sapele Road is scandalous. I don’t think that any region where the oil resources that sustain the country come from should be neglected. We have done everything possible. We don’t know what to do again to draw the attention of the federal government to these roads.” He also disclosed that, regarding fixing the Benin-Auchi and Benin-Sapele roads, the state government’s hands are tied from making any intervention because the federal government claimed to have awarded contracts for their repairs.