PMNEWS
Reinstated Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has alleged that the attack on his convoy at the Benin Airport gate on Thursday was an assassination attempt orchestrated by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
He disclosed that he has instituted a N5 billion defamation suit against the state government, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare and the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Project, Crusoe Osagie.
Shaibu made the allegation Friday evening while reacting to the state government’s claim that he master-minded the attack in which Inspector Akor Onu’s lost his life.
Shaibu, who said the attack came to him as a surprise, disclosed that for over a year, he had avoided calling for a protest to avoid confrontation with the state government and its agents.
Commenting on the court judgement that reinstated him, Shaibu said that he was not surprised that Nehikhare and Osagie were insisting that he remained impeached, accusing them of not studying the court judgement before sending out their responses, which he said, was their mode of operation.
He noted that the judgement was declarative and had to be executed first before an appeal over the matter could be heard, adding that the stay of judgement execution filed by the state could not see the light of the day until the judgement is executed.
According to him, “I can tell you that Thursday’s attack was planned by the state governor to assassinate me. The governor vowed to destroy me when I remained resolute to vie for the position of the governor.
