The rift between the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, took on a new dimension on Monday as the latter was denied access to the Government House.
This was as Shaibu arrived at work, only to shockingly realize that the entrance gate to the office of the deputy governor in the Government House was under lock and key.
In a video shared by Channels Television, Shaibu could be seen stranded while on a phone call, complaining that there was no one at the gate to open it for him.
While he and his aides waited for about an hour before leaving, Shaibu, during the period, reportedly made frantic efforts to reach the governor but to no avail, Vanguard reported.
An aide to the deputy governor who made the pictures available to the public under anonymity disclosed that his principal had some discussions with the Commissioner of Police and the Director of State Services, alerting them of how he was locked out of his office.
According to him, there was no official communication to the effect that the deputy governor’s office had been locked.
Shaibu was consequently said to have summoned the Camp Commandant at the Government House, SP Ibrahim Babatunde, to query why he was locked out of his office.
“He said it was a directive from above, adding that the CSO in government house, Wabba, will be in a better position to explain”, the aide said.
Shaibu was said to have made calls to Wabba Williams, who promised to come to the scene but never came all the way through the period Shaibu waited.
