The ongoing crisis between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu has taken a worse turn after the deputy is set to be relocated to a building outside the Government House.
Africa Today News, New York can confirm that the new office is situated at No. 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the Government House.
The conflict between the state’s two most notable people came to light when Shaibu sought the intervention of the Federal High Court in Abuja to halt his impeachment. The governor and Blessing Agbebaku, Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, refuted the action.
Shaibu might have angered the governor because he wanted to succeed his boss, who maintained that Edo Central should produce the state’s future governor.
At an interdenominational service held at the Government House last Sunday, security personnel denied the deputy governor from having access to the governor, the same day he pledged allegiance to Obaseki, but said his (Shaibu) governorship aspiration was still intact.
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The drama turned ugly on Monday with the state government disbanding the media team of the deputy governor after an altercation earlier in the day at a state function led Shaibu to storm out of the venue.
But in his reaction, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, Musa Ebomhiana, said the story of “relocating the deputy governor is still a rumour because there is no official communication to the deputy governor” to that effect.
The building used to be the office of the Edo State Public Procurement Office commissioned by a former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, on December 16, 2014. In fact, the plaque stating the commissioning date is etched by the entrance of the building.
A sign board with the inscription ‘Office of the Deputy Governor’ was placed at the entrance. Workers were seen renovating the building and the compound, while renovation was yet to commence at the security post.
One of the workers handling the renovation, who did not give his name, said the job was expected to be delivered on Monday.
He added that he didn’t know what the building was going to be used for as he had no idea about how the signpost was placed at the entrance.