The crisis between two political gladiators in Edo, the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki deepened on Tuesday when Oshiomhole’s mother rejected the Xmas gifts sent by the governor.
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Mr Crusoe Osagie, the Special Adviser to Edo State Governor on Media and Communications, disclosed this in a statement in Benin on Wednesday.
Osagie said the conventional Christmas presents reserved for former governors of the state that were sent to Oshiomhole’s home were returned.
He said that messengers from the state government were dispatched to deliver the gifts on Christmas eve.
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“The messengers said they met the mother of the former governor who rejected the items, stating that her son would not accept the gifts.
Hajia Aishetu Oshiomhole with Obaseki
“The gift items meant for Comrade Oshiomhole include four cows and ten bags of rice”.
He said the distribution of Christmas gifts was an annual ritual by the state government which serves as an expression of love, further strengthening the ties between the government and the people.
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He said the gifts were distributed to other government functionaries, political appointees, heads of security agencies, traditional rulers, religious leaders and heads of institutions of higher learning, among other prominent people in the society.
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