An Aide-de-Camp to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has on Thursday collapsed during the governor’s second-term inauguration at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, the state capital.
The incident happened around 12 noon while the Governor was giving an appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin.
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The ADC, whose identity was yet to be known, as of the time of filing this report, stood behind the governor during the speech but slumped while Obaseki appreciated members of the Peoples Democratic Party for “covering us with the umbrella when we were abandoned in political wilderness”.
About four other aides close to the governor rallied round the ADC as Obaseki ended his about 20-minute speech.
MDB earlier reported that PDP governors at the inauguration include Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State.
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, and some other party officials were also present at the event.
Obaseki won the governorship election on September 19 after defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress when he was denied the ruling party’s ticket in the primary election due to intra-party crisis.
Watch a video of the incident below;
VIDEO: Obaseki’s ADC collapses during inauguration pic.twitter.com/l1KOJSNvW8
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