[TRENDING VIDEO] Edo LG chairman orders commercial drivers to wear APC caps, threatens sanctions
The chairman of Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Blessing Ebhodaghe, has directed commercial drivers operating at parks in the council to wear All Progressives Congress (APC)-branded caps or risk sanctions.
Ebhodaghe issued the directive during a visit to one of the parks in the council, according to a video circulating on Thursday.
He said the instruction was intended to support the delivery of the 2.5 million votes Governor Monday Okpebholo had promised President Bola Tinubu ahead of the 2027 presidential election.
“That is why I took my time this morning to go round the whole park to give a standing warning to all my drivers because I am the chairman. We want everybody to join hands with us to deliver the promise,” he said.
“The only thank you the governor has for the president is to deliver the 2.5 million votes. And the only payback me and you have for the governor is to make sure the promise he gave the president is fulfilled.
“In this Onitsha park, I am here to give a standing warning to all my drivers. On no account should I see any driver put on a face cap or any material that does not belong to the party (APC).
“If I see anybody put on another cap, Ehijiele, the chairman of this park, is my very good friend. But there will be no friendship in this business. If I see anybody, I will come here and remove him.”
Ebhodaghe also linked his directive to the condition of roads in the state, saying drivers had benefited from what he described as “good roads” provided by the current administration.
He urged the drivers to support Okpebholo’s electoral commitment to Tinubu.
“If not because of the governor of Edo state, I know most of you drivers would have been inside today doing nothing because if the road is not good, drivers cannot work,” he said.
“If the road is not good, you cannot drive anything. You cannot even find your daily bread. But because the road is good today, you can go to Onitsha and come back.
“So, the person that did that one, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has somebody behind him, which is President Bola Tinubu.”
The council chairman further directed the deputy chairman of the park to distribute APC-branded caps he had brought for the drivers.
“Take this warning to your people and share the caps. Let nobody come and tell me, ‘Sir, I was not having cap, that is why the APC gave me cap.’ So, please, let there be no excuse,” he said.
Following his address, Ebhodaghe placed APC-branded caps on the park’s vice-chairman and some drivers before handing the remaining caps to the vice-chairman for distribution.