Edo APC leaders demand redeployment of Obaseki’s ‘loyalists’ from Govt House

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APC leaders in Edo State have urged Governor Monday Okpebholo to promptly redistribute Government House employees who served under the Godwin Obaseki government.

Under the auspices of the Edo APC Leaders of Thought, the leaders contended that keeping the concerned employees at Government House would pose a security risk.

The majority of the Government House’s civil servants, according to their leader Momodu Adams, are so accustomed to Obaseki since they had worked with him during his eight years as governor.

Adams asserts that the Edo Government House urgently needs to redeploy everyone, from the caterers to Mrs. Edith Sede, the Permanent Secretary of Government House.

He pointed out that Okpebholo shouldn’t retain the current personnel in light of recent instances of official Government House memos being leaked.

According to Adams, Sede is a well-known supporter of Obaseki and Osarodion Ogie, the former Secretary to the State Government.

He said she continues to collaborate with the Government House civil servants who were part of the Obaseki government.

According to the head of the Edo PDP, Okpebholo’s appointees are frustrated with the current state of affairs.

Additionally, he said that some of the former employees of Government House, whom he characterized as Obaseki’s supporters, are deliberately undermining Okpebholo’s administration.

He added, “During major events in the state, Mrs Sede engages loyalists of the PDP and Obaseki to handle the cooking and other official arrangements. Within the Government House, Sede has retained cooks who served in Obaseki’s administration. This arrangement is causing serious disarray.

“APC leaders are worried about the development because some persons are leaking official documents in their possessions to PDP leaders, especially Ogie and Asue Ighodalo, who are trying to upturn the victory of Governor Okpebholo at the Tribunal.

“If something urgent is not done, who knows what will happen next? All protocol officers in Government House including those who serve tea to Governor Okpebholo are loyalists of Obaseki who are being retained by the Permanent Secretary. Accountants, procurement officers, cooks, drivers, and 98 percent of the staff who worked in Government House during Obaseki’s administration, are still in Okpebholo’s administration.

“We are worried. People hide or sit on files meant for the governor. For instance, Governor Okpebholo currently has no retainership with any media house because there are people scheming to frustrate Okpebholo’s administration by ensuring that he gets bad press.

“We understand that media houses and journalists in Edo State are losing patience with Governor Okpebholo’s administration. When the media starts its own war with the new administration, it will mess it up, and that is what some people want. They frustrate everything that will give the Okpebholo administration the needed good image.”

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