By Mario Deepromoter
Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu has vehemently dismissed allegations of a plot to invade Government House (today) Monday, September 30, 2024 in a bid to enforce two different court judgements, ordering his immediate reinstatement to office.
In a statement Sunday in Benin by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Musa Ebomhiana, he said that unlike Governor Godwin Obaseki, Comrade Shaibu is a peace loving man, who firmly believes in the rule of law and would not want to shed innocent blood for whatever reason.
The spokesman noted that as it is today, in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of Edo people, indeed, Nigerians, the deputy governor, who was impeached on April 14 by 18 out of the 18 state lawmakers but reinstated by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja on July 17, is the de jure and de facto deputy governor of Edo State.
Mr. Ebomhiana accused Mr. Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser, Media and Communications to the governor, who raised the alarm of being the purveyor of fake news and a well known alarmist and propagandist.
He further accused Mr. Osagie of thriving on rumors and beer parlour gossips, with little or no respect for the ethics of journalism profession
He added: “We want to put it clearly here that, unlike Governor Godwin Obaseki, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu is a peace loving man, who firmly believes in the rule of law and would not want to shed innocent blood for whatever reason.”
The statement continued: “We need not fight or struggle for that which God has given us. Obaseki and his co-travellers should accept the fact that the good people of Edo State have spoken, and his godson, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has been roundly rejected at the polls. Sadly, this reality is yet to dawn on them.”