The Chief Press Secretary to the Edo state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, Comrade Musa Ebomhiana, has denied the rumour of the relocation of the office of his master on Saturday.
Ebomhiana, who made this disclosure while speaking with newsmen in Edo on Saturday, said he had yet to get an official correspondent to that effect, noting that it was just a rumour being flying around.
“I don’t know how true it is, but I still see it as a story in the realm of rumour. I have not been informed officially and I don’t believe in rumour but substance.
“This is the weekend and we are here in Edo North for the election (Local Government Council election)
“And we plan to resume on Monday when the picture would be clearer. As I speak to you now, we are in an election in Edo North and I don’t want to comment on something I don’t know. It is on social media and I have also read about it,” he said.
Remember it was earlier reported that the office of the deputy governor which was located inside Government House in Benin, has been relocated to the state government-owned building, an alleged abandoned property along Dennis Osadebey in GRA, Benin City, the Edo State capital.
Reports allegedly revealed that the new office of the embattled deputy governor, is now at No. 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, with an apparent signpost erected at the front of the building.
The signpost which has an inscription “Office of the Deputy Governor; NO 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, GRA, Benin City,” was alleged to have been in front of the new office, Shaibu has been moved, by his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
It would be recalled that the deputy governor had recently approached a Federal High Court in Abuja, and sought amongst others, an order restricting Governor Obaseki, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Chief Judge of Edo State and others, from commencing his alleged impeachment processes.
The development, which some political observers in the state, have claimed to have led to the redeployment of the Permanent Secretary of the State Sports Commission, Mrs. Sabina Chikere, who is an in-law of the deputy governor, to the state, Government House.
