Drama as Obaseki allegedly denies Shaibu access to office.

Drama as Obaseki allegedly denies Shaibu access to office.

The crisis rocking the Edo state government house has taken a new dimension as the deputy governor of the State, Philip Shaibu was denied access to his old office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital. 

Shaibu was said to have arrived at the Government House on Monday morning, September 18, but met the gate leading to his office under lock and key. 

He says he is yet to receive a formal letter from Governor Godwin Obaseki’s office, saying that is the proper channel to transmit a directive about the relocation to a new office. 

“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,” he said while on a phone call to a yet-to-be-identified person. 

While there have been speculations about plans to impeach Shaibu, the Edo Assembly has denied such. 

Shaibu, on Monday, September 11, commenced the relocation of his office to an area outside the vicinity of the Government House. 

In a video shared by Channels TV on its X page, the new office looked unkempt, and the building had not been completely renovated. The development follows last week’s withdrawal of Shaibu’s suit filed at the Federal High Court to stop alleged plots by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to remove him from office.