Blind Widow Crying for Help from Edo Governor

Na so dem story go, my people! Barr. Benny Francis wey dey blind and also my mama of four pikin don dey shout for help from Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo State. She don suffer as her husband don die for one accident wey the Edo State Task Force cause. E no easy for her at all, I swear!

As she don talk for NUJ Secretariat for Benin, she dey lament say all the hustle to meet the governor don turn to wahala. Dem tell am say when the governor hear about wetin happen, e ask, ‘Where the family of the man dey?’ Omo, e dey interested in matter, but na blockage wey dey prevent her from meeting am.

She yarn say, “I meet the First Lady Coordinator well-well, and she even try make we see the governor. But when I reach there, I see Ebo-Stone, abeg, and I wait for my time. But guess wetin? The coordinator no show face again. E be like say na so dem dey do for high places.”

Barr. Benny, wey be contractor with Edo State Oil and Gas Producing Areas Development Commission (EDSOGPADEC), talk say during one project wey she dey do, dem attack her diabolically, and she lose her sight. Wetin she request? Compensation! But, wahala follow the promise wey dem make for am.

For court, she don dey fight for justice, wey she don talk say she need N1bn. But government gree say make dem settle for N500m. Wetin come happen? Dem just dash her N50m, and she no gree collect due to say dem no honour the full agreement. Her life don turn upside down; she don lose her house, car, everything! Na bank dey look for her face now.

But wait, if that one no finish, as the wahala of her eye matter dey play, her husband come meet accident again for December 11, 2024. Na the Edo State Task Force again cause the accident wey take him life. Na wah!

Now, this lady dey appeal to the governor with serious heart, “As a father, I beg you to help my family.” E no easy, oh! And the guy wey dey lead the Task Force, Ebo-Stone? When our correspondent call am, he just dey find way to escape, say he dey party, and hang up fast.

Hmn, this matter dey show how politics dey run for our Naija. The governor fit listen, but na only time go tell if e go act. Make we dey observe how e go turn out. Naija, wetin you go do? Dis kind wahala fit touch anybody. Everyone need a voice!