APC members wants Obaseki’s workers redeployed from Edo govt House

Stakeholders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have demanded the immediate redeployment of Government House staffers who worked with the former governor of Edo state, Mr Godwin Obaseki to other establishments in the state.

Speaking under the aegis of Edo APC leaders of thought, their spokesman, Momodu Adams, argued that the staffers who worked closely with Obaseki constitute a security risk to incumbent Governor Monday Okpebholo.

The stakeholders referred to the Permanent Secretary, Government House, Mrs Edith Sede, alongside staffers in the catering unit as those that need to be redeployed immediately.

According to the stakeholders, going by the wake of the recent leak of official memos from the Government House, it would be risky for the Governor to accommodate the staffers henceforth.

The stakeholders wondered why Sede and the former Secretary to the State Government (SSG) Osarodion Ogie known to be close allies of Obaseki have been allowed to retain their positions since Okpebholo assumed the helm in the state.

The noted: “During major events in the State, Mrs Sede engages loyalists of the PDP and Obaseki to handle the cooking and other official arrangements.

“Within the Government House, Sede has retained cooks who served in Obaseki’s administration. This arrangement is causing serious disarray, as appointees are now afraid of being poisoned.

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“APC leaders are worried about the development because some persons are leaking official documents in their possessions to PDP leaders, especially Ogie and Asue Ighodalo, who are trying to upturn the victory of Governor Okpebholo at the Tribunal.

“If something urgent is not done, who knows what will happen next? All protocol officers in Government House including those who serve tea to Governor Okpebholo are loyalists of Obaseki who are being retained by the Permanent Secretary.

“Accountants, procurement officers, cooks, drivers, and 98 percent of the staff who worked in Government House during Obaseki’s administration, are still in Okpebholo’s administration. We are worried. People hide or sit on files meant for the Governor.

“For instance, Governor Okpebholo currently has no retainership with any media house because there are people scheming to frustrate Okpebholo’s administration by ensuring that he gets bad press.

“We understand that media houses and journalists in Edo State are losing patience with Governor Okpebholo’s administration. When the media starts its own war with the new administration, it will mess it up, and that is what some people want. They frustrate everything that will give the Okpebholo administration the needed good image.”