Edo State Governor, MONDAY OKPEBHOLO, has received the report of the Administrative Panel of Enquiry set up on the 18th of December, 2024 to investigate the financial dealings of the impeached 18 Local Government Chairmen in Edo State from 4th September, 2023 to November, 2024 and has vowed to petition the EFCC over its findings.

The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, FRED ITUA, disclosed this in a statement issued today.

He said the Chairman of the panel, SOLOMON IMOHIOSEN, while submitting the report and recommendations to Governor OKPEBHOLO over the weekend disclosed that findings and forensic investigations uncovered that huge sums amounting to 96 billion naira were either mismanaged or diverted to private accounts.

Besides the impeached Local Government Chairmen who were reportedly indicted by the report, former governor GODWIN OBASEKI, and leaders of the factional Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), among others, were also allegedly fingered.