The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has been denied access to his office at the Government House in Benin, the state capital.
POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Shaibu, who arrived at the Government House on Monday morning, met the gate leading to his office under lock and key.
He told reporters that he had not received any official communication from the office of the governor on the relocation of his office.
“Up till now, I don’t have any official communication that I should relocate,” Shaibu said on a phone call to a yet-to-be-identified person. “The only people that have official communication are my civil servants. The civil servants have official communication but I don’t. As I am speaking to you now, I am standing by the gate.”
According to Channels Television, a letter said to be from the office of the Head of Service, Anthony Okungbowa, was reported to have been sent to the Permanent Secretary, Office of the Deputy Governor, last week, directing Shuaibu to relocate to a new office situated at No 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, GRA, Benin City.
However, sources close to Shaibu claimed that the new office desperately needs rehabilitation.
