{"id":30065,"date":"2020-09-18T16:11:06","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30065"},"modified":"2020-09-18T16:11:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-18T16:11:06","slug":"edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole","title":{"rendered":"Edo election: Obaseki\u2019s deputy speaks on arrest, fingers Oshiomhole,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Phillip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor, has spoken on his alleged arrest by security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Shaibu said it is untrue that he was caught with illegal arms.<\/p>\n<p>His spokesman, Benjamin Atu, said this in a statement on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) former national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole of plotting to use federal might to intimidate him and Governor Godwin Obaseki.<\/p>\n<p>Atu noted: \u201cThe Deputy Governor has not been arrested but we are aware of an ongoing plan to arrest him over unfounded lies so that Oshiomhole and his cohorts will have the freedom to rig the Edo North Senatorial district election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Muhammadu Buhari has kicked against rigging of the election in Edo State, promising to congratulate whoever emerges as the winner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Adams Oshiomhole and Osagie Ize-Iyamu (APC candidate) who felt betrayed by the President\u2019s statement decided to use the back door to arrest the Deputy Governor in the name of illegal possession of arms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a lie from the pit of hell and a heap of rubbish to mention the name of the Deputy Governor in such a mundane practice of democracy\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComrade Philip Shaibu has been in active politics since Nigeria returned to Democracy in 1999 and has never been linked to the issue of an arms deal. In less than 24 hours to the Edo State Governorship election, is it today that Oshiomhole now wants to organize an arrest?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Phillip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor, has spoken on his alleged arrest by security agencies. Shaibu said it is untrue that he was caught with illegal arms. His spokesman, Benjamin Atu, said this in a statement on Friday. He accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) former national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole of plotting to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":5563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[697,376],"class_list":["post-30065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-obaseki","tag-oshiomhole"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edo election: Obaseki\u2019s deputy speaks on arrest, fingers Oshiomhole, - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Phillip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor, has spoken on his alleged arrest by security agencies.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo election: Obaseki\u2019s deputy speaks on arrest, fingers Oshiomhole,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa Press-Nigeria:Phillip Shaibu, Edo State Deputy Governor, has spoken on his alleged arrest by security agencies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-09-18T16:11:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Oshiomhole.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"423\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Edo election: Obaseki\u2019s deputy speaks on arrest, fingers Oshiomhole,\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-09-18T16:11:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\"},\"wordCount\":249,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/Oshiomhole.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Obaseki\",\"Oshiomhole\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/edo-election-obasekis-deputy-speaks-on-arrest-fingers-oshiomhole\",\"name\":\"Edo election: Obaseki\u2019s deputy speaks on arrest, fingers Oshiomhole, - 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