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The Edo State Government has said it has absolutely no knowledge of the purported attack on the person or the residence of former Governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
The Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, while responding to a statement credited to the Chief Press Secretary to Oshiomhole, Simon Ebegbulem, said the allegation against his boss was false.
The Chief Press Secretary to Oshiomhole, Simon Ebegbulem, had earlier been reported to have said the attack at the resident of his boss (Oshiomhole) was orchestrated by Governor Godwin Obaseki through his thugs.
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He said the attack was part of the resolution reached at the last State Executive Council meeting that all anti-Obaseki third term bid be attacked.
Ebegbulem stated that it was desperate bid to get a second term but that the attack was neutralised by some APC youths who were mobilised to Oshiomhole’s residence.
But responding to the allegation, the Special Adviser to Governor Obaseki on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, said “the allegation against his boss is false”
According to him: “The Edo State Government has said it has absolutely no knowledge of the purported attack on the person or the residence of former Governor of the state and National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
“We have no knowledge of the attack. We have also reached out to the Police, and they affirmed that they do not know about such an attack.”
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The Edo state Police Commissioner, Danmallam Abubakar, had also denied any attack on the residence of Oshiomhole, saying that some persons planning protest were dispersed.
“It is a lie. There was no attack. Nothing happened in the area where Oshiomhole lives.”
