Edo: Why Gov Obaseki Locked Deputy, Shaibu Out Of Government House

By Ayodele Oni

The final eviction of Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shuaibu, from the Government House, Benin city, was on Monday effected by Governor Godwin Obaseki.

A letter was, last week, written to the Permanent Secretary in the Deputy Governor’s Office ordering him to relocate to a building outside the Government House.

The Deputy Governor had earlier withdrawn a case he filed at the Federal High Court to a speculated plan to impeach him following intervention by prominent indigenes’ of the State.

However, on Monday,  Shaibu got to his office in the Government House  only to be locked out.

The gate to the office of the and the main entrance leading to the storey building was secured with chains and heavy padlocks.

Shaibu and his aides waited for about an hour and left. He was reported to have made frantic calls trying to reach the Governor but to no avail.

Sources revealed that Shaibu had some discussions with the State Commissioner of Police and the Director of State Security Services,  (DSS) alerting them of how he was locked out from his office.

The Deputy Governor was said to have summoned the Government House Camp Commandant, Ibrahim Babatunde, (SP) and asked him why he was locked out of his office and was told that it was a directive from above, adding that the CSO in Government House, Wabba Williams, will be in a better position to explain.

Shaibu was said to have put calls to Wabba Williams who promised to be on his way to see Shaibu, but never came.

Shaibu said no letter has been transmitted to him to relocate from his office, arguing that the letter to relocate was directed to civil servants, not to him as Deputy Governor.