Angry Thugs Attacked, Beat Oshiomhole, Lawmakers In Benin
The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly may have crept into the new legislative arm of government as thugs alleged to be supporting the state governor attacked Mr Seidu Oshiomhole, younger brother of the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Adams Oshiomhole, in Benin. The thugs attacked Oshiomhole on Tuesday alongside 14 other lawmakers-elect in the state. The lawmakers were reportedly holding a meeting at an undisclosed location when they were attacked by thugs allegedly hired by the state government. According to reports, the meeting was necessitated by the Monday midnight inauguration of nine members of
Obaseki Moves To Take Over Edo APC Structure From Oshiomhole
Ahead of the 2020 governorship election in Edo State, the cold war between Adams Oshiomhole, National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and Godwin Obaseki, Edo State governor, is getting intense as key leaders of the party in the state are divided over the duo. According to Daily Independent’s findings, though Oshiomhole and Obaseki have always denied the existence of any rift, many leaders of the party in the state at the weekend confirmed that there was now a no-love-lost relationship between Oshiomhole, the two time Edo governor and Obaseki, whom he installed as his successor in 2016.
Groups, Electricity Consumers In Ondo, Delta, Ekiti, Edo Storm Abuja To Protest Renewal of BEDC’s License
Groups of youth on Thursday stormed the Ministry of Power, Works and Housing in Maitama, Abuja to protest against the renewal of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company operational licence. Electricity consumers in Ondo Coordinated by Bring Back Our Light (BBOL) According to Primium Times, the protest was organised by the BEDC Franchise States Peoples’ Alliance and had protesters, comprising smaller groups from Edo, Delta, Ondo and Ekiti States. Electricity consumers in Edo State coordinated by Edo Civil Society Organisation (Edoscos) The groups urged the ministry to avoid being compromised and demanded for the non-extension of the
Four Policemen Set Ablaze By Unknown Gun Men In Edo
Four Policemen attached to the Sabogidda-Ora Police Division have been killed and their corpse set ablaze by suspected armed robbers. The Nation hinted that the incident, occurred at about 8:30pm on Saturday at the Oke New-Avbiosi Road junction along Uzebba-Ifon Expressway in Owan West local government area according to an eye witness account. Residents in the area watched helplessly as the corpses of the policemen burnt beyond recognition inside the police van they were in. It was learnt that the corpses have been taken to a nearby mortuary. State Police Commissioner, Babatunde Kokumo, said he would talk on the incident
