By Osahon Osahon
Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, says the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Adams Oshiomhole is fighting a lost battle as the political machineries in the state are no longer under his control.
According to Obaseki, in a quest for his predecessor to create tension in the state, he has resorted to the use of police and other security agencies to carryout unlawful arrest of those loyal to his administration.
The governor, in a statement by his Special Adviser on media strategy, Caruso Osagie, added that Oshiomhole’s intent was an “attempt to plunge the state into chaos and cause panic in [his] camp.”
The Edo governor boasted that Oshiomhole has lost political grip on the state.
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Obaseki made the comment while reacting to the arrest of his security adviser, Andrew Momodu, by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with the intent of whisking him to Abuja.
Osagie’s statement 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.”
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“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).”
