Political tension has continued to grip Edo State, South-south Nigeria, as the rift between the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, and the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, deepens.
In what appeared like a ban on Mr Oshiomhole, the deputy governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu, said on Thursday that the APC chairman cannot enter the state without the permission from the governor, Mr Obaseki.
“We have discovered that anywhere he goes, there is violence. So now we have said until he takes permission from governor,” Mr Shaibu said amidst cheers from the crowd. The local Edo House of Assembly and the APC in the state have been factionalised because of the rift. The state chapter of APC has suspended Mr Oshiomhole from the party and has refused to recognise him as their national chairman.
“The Bible say, teach your children the way of the lord, so that when they grow up they will follow dat wey!“Oshiomhole teach us, when we were young, the way to fight godfather, so that when we are big we will continue to abide it. No be so? PREMIUM TIMES contacted Mr Shaibu’s spokesperson, Ebomhiana Musa, and asked him if the deputy governor’s remarks was not an incitement to violence.
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