By Ogochukwu Isioma
The reinstated Edo State Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu has approved the appointments of eight persons to assist in the dischage of his duties as the state’s number two citizen.
In a statement on Friday, signed by Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Comrade Musa Ebomhiana, nine officials have been appointed as Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants respectively.
They include Hon. Kingsley Ehigiamusor as Chief of Staff, Comrade Musa Ebomhiana as Chief Press Secretary, Hon. Emmanuel Akhaba as Senior Special Assistant, Mustapha Lawal as Senior Special Assistant and Mr. Charles Olubayo as Senior Special Assistant.
Others are Mathias Akhanemhe as Special Assistant, Comrade Robinson Akhenoba as Special Assistant, Robert Ojele as Special Assistant, and Isioma Ogochukwu as Special Assistant.
This appointments, according to the release, takes immediate effect.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, reinstated Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, months after he was unlawfully impeached by the state assembly in April 2024.
