The Governor of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has accused his predecessor, Godwin Obaseki of hoarding books and instructional materials donated to school children in the state.

Okpebholo made the allegation during the distribution of notebooks, textbooks, and other instructional materials to schools across the three senatorial districts in the state.

The Governor alleged that Obaseki failed to distribute the books which were donated by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to mark his one year in office.

He argued that Obaseki’s act of keeping the books from the schoolchildren was nothing short of wickedness.

He said, “These books you see here were donated by the President of Nigeria, Bola Ahmed Tinubu for use by Edo children, but Obaseki refused to distribute the books to our children because the President’s face is affixed.

“I want to thank the President for his kind gesture, and for me, the action of the former governor, Godwin Obaseki, is an act of wickedness.

“This warehouse is filled with books donated by the President of Nigeria but because of wickedness, he prevented the books from being distributed to the children. Today, we are here to distribute the books to our children.

“Keeping these books away from our children is wickedness, and his actions were wrong. He said he has developed the education system using Edobest, but what we see here today is not best for our children.

“Obaseki deprived Edo children of using these books provided by the President of Nigeria, Ahmed Bola Tinubu, and was stored away from the reach of Edo children.”