Edo Assembly adhoc committees order Gov Okpebholo to take possession of Radisson Hotel, MOWAA

The Edo State House of Assembly advertisement hoc committees investigating the legal, financial, administrative and ownership presumption of Radisson Hotel and the Museum of West Africa Arts, MOWAA, person urged the authorities authorities to instrumentality afloat ownership of the spot arsenic their acquisitions were laced with illegalities.

DAILY POST reports that the committees gave the bid portion presenting their last reports astatine a property briefing connected Tuesday, March 10, 2026, successful Benin.

The last reports were jointly presented by Ibhamawu Jonathan Aigbonkhai, president of Raddison Hotel and Addeh Emankhu Isibor, president of MOWAA committees.

In his report, Ibhamawu, who is the Majority Leader of the House, said the committee findings revealed that the edifice was purchased by the Edo State Government nether the medication of the erstwhile Governor Godwin Obaseki with the sum of N2 cardinal connected December 23, 2021.

Ibhamawu added that the Certificate of Occupancy issued successful the sanction of Hospitality Investment Management Company (HIMC) is wholly amerciable arsenic Hospitality Investment and Management Company did not bargain the Hotel.

He besides said that determination was nary papers transferring rubric oregon ownership of the Hotel from the Edo State Government to HIMC, a Limited Liability Company.

Other findings included that determination was nary solution of the State Executive Council oregon the Edo State House of Assembly, authorising th...