An uproar was experienced yesterday because of the collapse of one of Aide-de-Camp who stood behind the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki during the governor’s second-term inauguration at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City the State capital.
The incident happened around 12 noon on Thursday while the governor was giving an appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin. The well- dressed ADC, whose name is yet not known, stood behind the governor during the speech but slumped while Obaseki appreciated members of the Peoples Democratic Party for ‘covering us with the umbrella when we were abandoned in political wilderness.’
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About four other aides around the governor took care of the ADC as Obaseki ended his about 20-minute speech. The Special Adviser to the governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, did not respond to calls out to his line and text messages sent to him are yet to be replied to, the report says.
According to reports PDP governors who are present at the inauguration include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State. PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, and some other party officials were also present at the event.
Obaseki had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress after he was denied the ruling party’s ticket in the primary election due to intra-party wrangling defeated the APC candidate Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the September 19, 2020 governorship election to be re-elected governor of the state.
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