Why Obaseki Cannot Dine With Shaibu – State Govt

The Edo State Government has defended the action of the Department of State Services, DSS operative in stopping the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu approaching Governor Godwin Obaseki during last Sunday’s church service to mark the 32nd anniversary of the state saying the two cannot dine together for now.

The government has also defended the decision to disband the media crew attached to Shaibu saying that media men who followed him to the colloquium on Midwest Referendum last Monday were not known to government.

GWG.ng reports that the refusal of the security men to allow the media crew that came with Shaibu into the event that had already commenced led to the deputy governor storming out of the event.

Explaining the unusual fencing of the deputy governor from the governor and the gap between the two, the state commissioner for communication, Chris Nehikhare in an interview said:

“The security man as you know was doing his job. I can assure you that His Excellency, Governor Obaseki was probably not aware of what was going on at that point in time because I personally didn’t see it. I saw the deputy governor approach and I saw him go back.

“Most of us in government were not even aware that the deputy governor was in town. He had been on holiday for the past three to four weeks

“I don’t know why he stopped him, the security man is the one that can tell you why he stopped the deputy governor from approaching the governor,” Nehikhare said in an interview on Arise News Television monitored by GWG.ng

On why Obaseki Cannot Dine With Shaibu, Nehikhare said:

“He is the one who has gone to court to restrain the government from impeaching him. We did not have such plans. In Edo State, indeed, in Nigeria when you take a man to court you can no longer dine with him. We have to be realistic.

“But if the case is out of court and settle out of court we can now have dinner together because it is something that led to this: He took the government to court to try to stop an impeachment that was not even planned and you now trying to play the victim by disrupting government events.”

Besides the assertion that Obaseki cannot dine with Shaibu on account of the court case, Nehikhare also accused the deputy governor of orchestrating the walk out of the colloquim on the Midwest referendum.

“The deputy governor we all know wants to be governor. But you do not bring the house down to feed your ego and that’s what has happened. We organized a beautiful programme for all Nigerians, for the whole world to see, but he deliberately planned this. The day before he appeared in church without anybody knowing that he was in town.”

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