{"id":107302,"date":"2023-08-28T17:40:07","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:40:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107302"},"modified":"2023-08-28T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T16:40:07","slug":"drama-as-dss-blocks-edo-deputy-gov-from-obaseki-in-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/drama-as-dss-blocks-edo-deputy-gov-from-obaseki-in-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama As DSS Blocks Edo Deputy Gov From Obaseki In Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1775487031316610823\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The crisis between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, took a new twist when the Department of State Services (DSS) denied Shaibu access to the governor.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nShaibu was one of the guests who attended the church service to mark the 32nd anniversary of the creation of Edo State.<\/p>\n<p>At the event which held at the New Festival Hall of Government House, Benin, on Sunday, the deputy governor stood up to greet Obaseki, but a DSS operative blocked him just a few metres away.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki, who was seated beside his wife, Betsy, and Charles Aniagwu, a Commissioner of Delta State, looked away as Shaibu fruitlessly explained to the plain-cloth security operative who stood his ground.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe deputy governor later returned to his seat.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the issue, Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Andrew Okungbowa, said the DSS operative was only doing his job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhatever happened at the church service was not at the behest of the governor, neither was he aware what the security aides were doing. In fact, the security aides were doing their job. Besides, the governor was not aware that the deputy was coming to greet him. The church is a public event, so the security aides had a duty to safeguard their principal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the embarrassing incident, Shaibu pledged absolute loyalty to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists at the venue, the deputy governor described Obaseki as his elder brother.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy loyalty to the Edo governor remains absolute. I see that everybody is doing solidarity. I am also in solidarity with the governor. I am also declaring my unalloyed solidarity and loyalty to the governor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for the issues that were around town when I was away (in the United States of America), I really would not want to talk. Issues that concern my governor are not things I like to speak about. He is my elder brother and boss. I do not think I should talk about anything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I have issues with him (Obaseki), it is better settled at home, and not in the media. I am well brought up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you that from my Christian background if you make a vow with God that you want to do something, you must fulfil it. And the vow I have taken with God is that I will continue to support Godwin Obaseki as the governor of Edo State, from the beginning to the end. But that does not stop anything that has to do with ambition. Ambition is personal, and it does not affect loyalty. My loyalty to the governor remains absolute.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shaibu, who hails from Edo North Senatorial District, intends to succeed Obaseki, an indigene of Benin in Edo South senatorial district, but the governor is pushing for a successor from Esanland in Edo Central senatorial district.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The crisis between Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, took a new twist when the Department of State Services (DSS) denied Shaibu access to the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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