Six days after he was impeached as deputy. governor, a combined team of fierce looking policemen and security personnel from Edo Security Network (ESN) moved in Sunday evening.
to dismantle the security post at the private residence of Comrade Philip Shaibu.
The policemen manning the security post were reportedly chased away from their duty post opposite the ex-deputy governor’s residence. situated on Aideyan Street, Off Gold Course Road in upscale Government Reserved Area (GRA).
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Armed security men supervise the demolition of the tent at Comrade Shaibu’s Benin City residence
The security personnel kept watch as the driver of the earth moving machine revved the engine, which roared thunderously, moving up and down. demolishing the green tent, which served as refuge from the elements for the security men.
The security post, manned by a team of policemen and personnel from the Department of State Security (DSS) has been a regular feature on the street, right behind the Benin Golf Course in the last seven years, since Comrade Shaibu was sworn in as Edo number two citizen.
Several attempts to speak with the stern looking security personnel were rebuffed but a close source however confided that the order to dismantle the security post was from above.
Also, determined efforts to speak with the Edo State Police spokesman, Mr. Chidi Nwabuzor, superintendent of police, proved futile as his mobile phone was serially engaged.
It would be recalled that 18 out of the 24 lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly voted Monday, April 8 to impeach Comrade Shaibu over allegations of perjury and disclosure of government secrets.
The former deputy governor who denounced the action, reportedly at the behest of Governor Godwin Obaseki, is presently in court to seek redress.
Comrade Shaibu insisted that he will fight what he termed injustice with every strength in him for the sake of Edo State and the future of democracy.