The deputy governor of Edo State, Mr Philip Shuaibu would have to deal with not being allowed to operate within the government house as his principal, Mr Godwin Obaseki has moved him to an off-government house office.
The relocation is linked to the no love lost between Shuaibu and his boss over issues relating to the alleged impeachment plot against the deputy governor.
In July, Shuaibu approached a federal high court in Abuja with a suit to prevent the plot.
However, Obaseki and Blessing Agbebaku, speaker of the Edo house of assembly, denied the alleged impeachment plot.
It was gathered that a building located at 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the Government House, has been renovated with a sign reading office of the deputy.
The building used to be the office of the Edo State Public Procurement Office commissioned by a former governor of the state, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, on December 16, 2014.
A sign board with the inscription ‘Office of the Deputy Governor’ was placed at the entrance. Workers were seen renovating the building and the compound, while renovation was yet to commence at the security post.
One of the workers handling the renovation, who did not give his name, said the job was expected to be delivered on Monday.
He added that he didn’t know what the building was going to be used for as he had no idea about how the signpost was placed at the entrance.
“I work for the company handling the renovation of this building. Our job is to deliver the project on Monday as agreed. I do not know how the sign board got to the entrance of the building and I don’t have an idea of what the building will be used for,” he added.
Although there has been no official pronouncement on the relocation, spokesman for the deputy governor, Mr Musa Ebhomiana, said it was a rumour because the matter had not been communicated to his boss.
However, Vanguard quoted the commissioner for communication and orientation, Mr Chris Nehikhare as saying that “if there is a government signboard saying so, then it must be so.”
