Edo APC to Okpebholo: Redeploy government house staff who worked with Obaseki

A leadership group within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo has called on Monday Okpebholo, governor of the state, to redeploy government house staff who worked with the previous administration.

The group, under the aegis of Edo APC Leaders of Thought, made the demand in a statement issued on Friday.

In the statement, Momodu Adams, the group’s spokesperson, said most workers in the Edo government house are “loyalists” of Godwin Obaseki, the immediate past governor of the state.

He also accused some staff members of “leaking official documents in their possession to PDP leaders”.

“If something urgent is not done, who knows what will happen next?” Adams said.

“All protocol officers in the government house, including those who serve tea to Governor Okpebholo, are loyalists of Obaseki and are being retained by the Permanent Secretary.

“Accountants, procurement officers, cooks, drivers, and 98 percent of the staff who worked in the 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.”