Edo Deputy Governor lead prayers session at the newly relocated office

By Elvis Omoregie

The deputy governor of Edo State, Comrade Philip Shaibu has held a prayer session at his newly relocated No.7, Osadebey Avenue in Benin City, the State capital.

Staff of the office, friends and family members joined the deputy governor in the benediction which  held on Tuesday.

Reverend Fathers from the Benin Arc Diocese led the prayer session.

Shaibu said the benediction was to ThankGod
for the past month of September and to commit the new month into the hands of God.

He also stated that the prayer session is a regular exercise since he assumed office as deputy governor of the State.

The State government allocated the new office to Shaibu in September after he was evicted from his official office inside the Edo State government House.

The development came at the time following a bitter political tussle with Governor Godwin Obaseki during which the DG asked Abuja Federal High Court to stop the governor and the State Assembly from impeaching him.

Obaseki who at the time denied the allegation was said to have began avoiding physical contact with his deputy both in private and public.

However, on September 21, Shaibu tendered a public apology to the governor and begged for forgiveness.


"I am sorry my Governor and we need to keep working together", the DG stated.

The governor has nonetheless said in response:  "as a person of faith, I am under obligation to accept this apology because as they say, to err is human, to forgive is divine.

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