By Adesina Soyooye
The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu, has called for the arrest and interrogation of the sacked National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
Shaibu said he should be arrested for habouring a killer squad in Edo, a couple of whom sleep in his house.
The Deputy Governor made this call during an interview on AIT, on Monday.
While answering questions, he appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to play both a presidential and a fatherly role in Edo, hinting that anything contrary to that, could spark a revolution that could start from Edo.
Edo people are warriors, he warned, and they have made up their minds to resist any violence thrown their way. They are just respecting the Oba, he added.
He gave an example with what happened last week, when gun totting thugs attacked Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Campaign train on his way to Etsako. He disclosed that only a couple of women ran away. Others stood, watching what would happen. He then asked: “How many can they kill?”
Acknowledging Oshiomhole as his Dad, Deputy Governor Shaibu said he was shocked at the new Oshiomhole, adding “I knew he had changed the moment he discarded khaki for safari suits.”
He alleged that Oshiomhole has brought a killer squad to Edo, and that Security personnel were aware of it.
Shaibu revealed that he had personally reported some of the members of the squad to the Police, and even provided their photographs when they had dressed up, and prepared for the job, but that the Security personnel refused to act.
Because he is Oshiomhole’s son, he advanced: all the boys around him “are my brothers. They tell me what is happening, the plans. They were the ones who supplied to me the photographs of members of the killer squad. But the Police have some nothing”.
Shaibu is Governor Godwin.Obaseki’s running mate in the September 19 Governorship election.
