Dangerous Spender: Edo Governor Okpebholo To Lavish Away N18.1 Billion on Prados And Hilux With N1 Billion Already Spent To Buy Assembly Speaker Armored Jeep

Secrets Reporters

To drive a one Prado in Edo State Government House, the residents who pays the tax will cough out N250 million for such a government official, according to documents that has the stamp of Governor Monday Okpebloho.

Thirty Prado Jeeps is the line in the approved estimates, lodged under the Ministry of Finance: “30 Prado Jeeps,” approved 2026 figure N7.5 billion. The arithmetic done by SecretsReporters puts N250 million for a jeep. Checks made to identify if the vehicles have been purchased met brick wall as the official document that is meant to state such refused to disclose it. No supplier is named for any vehicle line in the official documents, not for the Prados and not for anything that follows.

There is more as sixty Toyota Hilux, also under the Ministry of Finance, approved at N5 billion which is about N83.3 million a pickup will also be purchased. And here the quarterly records do show movement: N2,621,655,300 actually released in Q1 alone. 52.4% of the entire year’s provision, spent in a single quarter. Over half the year’s Hilux money was gone before April, and the records still will not tell you who sold them.

The Assembly got its own lane. N4.6 billion approved for a “Vehicle for 25 Honourable Members” which is N184 million per member’s vehicle under the State House of Assembly. And one more line, same house: “Purchase of Armored Security Vehicle for Mr. Speaker,” at N1 billion for a “Hope and Growth” the budget was christened with.

And then buried under the Edo State Secondary Education Board in the approved estimates is ‘Provision for Senator Monday Okpebloho Education Talent Hunt’ which carries a funding of NM200 million, a project that ought to be a ministry’s programme carrying the governor’s name.

The quarterly records for Q1 carry no actual release under that head that SecretsReporters could find.