- Pix above: Deputy Gov Phillip Shaibu stranded at the gate
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The Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu was, again, on Monday, denied access to his office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital, after discovery that abandoned roadside structure Gov Obaseki ejected him to is in dire need of renovation.
The State Online learnt that Shaibu arrived at the Government House on Monday but met the gate leading to his office under lock and key.
According to Shaibu, he has not received an official letter from the Office of the Governor on the relocation of his office, stating that the proper channel to transmit a directive pertaining to the relocation to a new office is the Governor’s office.
Shaibu while on a phone call to a yet-to-be-identified person said, “Up till now, I don’t have any official communication that I should relocate. The only people that have official communication are my civil servants. The civil servants have official communication, but I don’t. As I am speaking to you now, I am standing by the gate.”
The State Online further reports that a letter said to be from the Office of the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, was reported to have been sent to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor directing Shuaibu to relocate to a new office situated at No 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, GRA, Benin City.
However, sources close to Shaibu claimed that the new office is abandoned and in dire need of rehabilitation.
The development is the latest in the tussle between Governor Obaseki and his deputy.
While there have been speculations about plans to impeach Shaibu, the Edo Assembly has denied such, even as Shaibu has withdrawn the case he filed at the Federal High Abuja asking the court to stop his alleged impeachment by Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State House of Assembly./SHARE THIS
— Shaibu and the abandoned office
