A State Brought To Ruin By Impulse, Ignorance And Knee-Jerk Governance
There comes a time in the life of a people when silence becomes betrayal. Edo State has arrived at that moment. What happened between 21 November 2025, when Senator Monday Okpebholo signed a formal Notice of Revocation of Presco Plc’s Statutory Right of Occupancy, and 27 November 2025, when the same government issued a panicked disclaimer denying its own governor’s signature, is not just an embarrassment , it is a tragedy of leadership.
Edo people are witnessing a government that does not know what it signs, does not understand what it announces, and cannot defend what it authorises.
This, apparently, is not governance.It is a circus.
A dangerous circus.
The Presco Revocation: Edo’s Largest Agricultural Investment Targeted In A Reckless And Vindictive Gambit
Presco Plc is not just a company; it is the single largest agro-industrial investment in Edo State, a 34-year pillar employing thousands directly and indirectly. It is a company with one of the best-performing stocks on the Nigerian Exchange.
Yet Senator Okpebholo took a pen, his own pen, on 21 November 2025, and signed a document revoking 13,545 hectares of Presco land “for overriding public interest.”
What public interest?
Who authorised this madness?
Who benefits?
Edo people deserve honest answers. Instead, they got a contradictory drama that exposes the hollowness of this administration.
When Leadership Becomes A Comedy Of Errors
To fully appreciate the scale of the disgrace, let us lay out the timeline of shame:
Act 1, Scene 1:
Sen. Monday Okpebholo signs the revocation of Presco Plc’s land. His signature appears clearly on the notice.
Act 1, Scene 2:
He authorises EDOGIS to publish and circulate the revocation.
Act 1, Scene 3:
EDOGIS obeys the Governor’s instructions. The revocation appears prominently in the national press.
Act 2, Scene 1:
Edo people erupt in outrage.
Investors panic.
Opposition tears the government apart.
Nigeria watches in disbelief.
Act 2, Scene 2:
The Governor panics.
He fires the EDOGIS MD to save face.
He claims the revocation was “unauthorised.”
He suddenly develops selective amnesia over a document bearing his own signature.
This is Edo’s reality today.
A Governor who signs today, denies tomorrow, and sacrifices subordinates next week.
Four years under this man will be four years Edo cannot afford.
A Government At War With Its Own Pen
The Edo State Government’s “Special Announcement” dated 27 November 2025 attempts to distance itself from the Governor’s own signed revocation.
Let us ask the only question any sane society would ask:
Was the Governor’s signature forged?
If not, how can the same government deny an act executed by the Governor himself?
If the Governor did not read what he signed, he is incompetent.
If he read it and now denies it, he is dishonest.
If he signed under influence or manipulation, he is unsafe for leadership.
Any of the three is a catastrophe.
The Pattern Of Vindictiveness And Small-Minded Governance
This is not an isolated accident. It fits a dangerous pattern: erratic revocations, reckless
pronouncements, impulsive policy summersaults, and governance driven by emotion rather than intelligence.
Many observers believe this Presco debacle may have been a clumsy attempt to target perceived opposition figures, as has been the pastime of this government.
If true, this would expose Okpebholo’s petty, provincial mindset — a governor too blinded by political insecurity to differentiate between governance and vendetta.
Edo cannot be governed through bitterness.
Edo cannot be run like a village quarrel.
A Governor who weaponises land administration against perceived opponents is a danger to democracy, jobs, stability and investment.
Edo People Deserve Better, And We Will Not Stop Speaking
Under Okpebholo, Edo State is fast becoming:
a hostile environment for investors, a laughing stock among serious states, a place where the Governor signs documents without understanding them, a state where incompetence is defended with lies, denials and scapegoats.
The whole world now asks:
Who is really running Edo State?
Because it is clearly not Monday Okpebholo.
Edo people hide their heads in shame today —
but it is Okpebholo and his APC enablers who should bury their faces, for the joke they have foisted on Edo.
The Way Forward
We demand the following:
1. A full inquiry into the Presco revocation notice, including forensic verification of the Governor’s signature.
2. Reinstatement of Presco’s rights and a public apology to Edo people and investors.
3. Immediate reform of land administrative processes to stop the Governor from using the Land Use Act for political vendetta.
4. A public explanation for the irrational behaviour of this government.
Edo cannot be entrusted to a man who does not understand the power of his own pen. Edo cannot continue under a government that signs away its destiny carelessly and lies about it shamelessly.
This is a sad moment in our history, but Edo people will rise above the incompetence of one man.
Signed:
DAN Osa-Ogbegie, Esq.
Publicity Secretary, PDP, Edo State
27 November , 2025.
