The leadership of Oredo ward 2, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo state, Sunday urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to probe the fire incident that razed down the state Ministry of Education in 2013.
The party leaders said the call became necessary following the inability of ex-Governor Adams Oshiomhole to make public, findings of panel of inquiry that investigated the cause of the inferno which according to them, happened during the latter’s administration.
A leader of the group, Mr Baba Franco who stated this at a media briefing noted that six years after the fire incident, “nothing has been heard from the panel that was set up.
“On June 12, 2013, we woke up to the strange news that about twenty office
apartments had been razed down by fire at the Ministry of Education.
“We were informed that it is where records are kept, specifically primary school leaving certificates as well as teachers training grade two certificates belonging to the defunct Midwest, then Bendel state, now Edo and Delta states.
“It was however, quite a coincidence that this unprecedented act of arson happened just after the opposition Peoples Demoncratic Party (PDP) alleged forgery of primary six certificates against former governor.
“As expansive and connected as the Ministry of Education is, the fire chose to start and end in the section where such records are kept.
“According to the commissioner, the records lost also included recent primary and secondary school certificates which went with the flames.
“I am appealing to Governor Godwin Obaseki to set up a committee to investigate and unravel the arsonist that did the heinous act that cost the state millions of naira in property lost as well as records of millions of decent citizens,” Franco said.