Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo
State has said that his predecessor and National Chairman of the All
Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole has lost political grip on the
state, but now resorts to deploying police operatives from Abuja to harass his aides.
The Governor, in a statement by
his Special Adviser on Media Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, added that Oshiomhole’s
intent was an “attempt to plunge the state into chaos and cause panic in [his]
camp.”
He stated this in response to the
arrest of his security adviser, Andrew Momodu, over the weekend by operatives
of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with the intent of whisking him to
Abuja.
Osagie’s statement had alleged
that Mr. Momodu was arrested in a gestapo style.
According to him, “When Momodu
resisted the unlawful arrest by the security agents, he was taken to the Police
Headquarters in Benin, where he was held for an extended period until the Edo
State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu intervened.”
“Investigations revealed that the
security from Abuja have orders from above to pick up not less than 50 persons
loyal to Obaseki, in an attempt to plunge the state into chaos and cause panic
in the governor’s camp.
“Those penciled down for arrest,
according to sources privy to the policemen’s modus operandi, including Special
Adviser (SA) to the Governor on Political Matters, Edo South, Hon. Osaigbovo
Iyoha.
“Others on the list are Albert
Obazee, Kelly Okungbowa (popularly known as Ebo Stone) and Muktar-Osagie
Muntari, who heads the state’s Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV).”
Obaseki and Oshiomhole have been
at loggerheads over who controls the structure of the party in the state.
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