Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has alleged that there is a plot to assassinate high-profile personalities in the state.
Speaking at a press conference in Benin city, the Deputy Governor called on President Muhammadu Buhari to charge security agencies to “do their work because Edo will not be a theatre of war if these things are dealt with.”
He said;
We have intelligence that some individuals are in Edo state and their assignment is to come and assassinate some known individuals in the state. So I am hereby bringing to the notice of the general public that these people are in town and we’ve communicated to the security agencies about their activities and why they are in town.
Shaibu stated;
For us, we will continue to appeal to our people not to look for trouble, not to disturb any program. We are law-abiding. We have a duty to protect lives and properties. That we will continue to do.
This comes amid crisis in Edo state assembly after the deputy speaker of the assembly, Yekini Idiaye, was impeached on Wednesday.
He was impeached barely 48 hours after he threw his weight behind Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as against incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki of PDP in the September governorship poll.
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Now, the state has two factional speakers, one loyal to Obaseki while the other is loyal to the suspended APC Chairman Adams Oshiomole.
