REPORTS CLAIM OBASEKI HAS LEFT NIGERIA ON LEAVE TO RETURN ON HANDOVER DAY AS POLICE SEALS EDO DEPUTY GOVERNOR’S OFFICE

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These are not the best of times for outgoing Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki as his plans to instal his sucessor was truncated by the results ditched out by INEC after the gubernatorial election.

We gathered from some sources that Obaseki has decided to proceed on leave and he has written a letter to the State Assembly to that effect..

This report is yet to be confirmed.

It was also gathered from the same source that the letter to the State Assembly indicated that he would’ve gone from October 12 to November 12 which incidentally is the date for the inauguration of the new Government.

Meanwhile the office of the deputy governor of Edo State, on Osadebe Avenue, Benin, the state capital, has been sealed off by stern-looking policemen who were spotted there on Sunday.

The sealed office was the one Philip Shaibu was relocated outside the Government House in the height off his face off with Governor Godwin Obaseki.

As of Sunday, the entry gate was closed while a machine gun mounted police truck with three policemen was parked in front of the gate.

It was gathered that staff of the office were on Friday told to resume at the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Agency while the official vehicles in the deputy governor’s office including the Press Crew bus have been moved to the office of the Head of Service inside the Government House in Osadebe Avenue.

A staff of the Deputy Governor’s office on Sunday said, “You know we are civil servants. On Thursday, we were told to resume in JOOPSA and that was where we also resumed on Friday and we would also do that tomorrow (Monday).”