Edo 2020: Oshiomhole after my life, Shaibu wife petitions police

Wife of the Deputy Governor of Edo state, Maryann Philip-Shaibu, has petitioned the police, accusing the suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole of sending thugs after her.

In a petition to the Edo Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Kokumo, by her lawyer, Idemudia Ilueminosen, said Oshiomhole threatened to deal with her during the APC campaign tour to Jattu in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State.

The petition said: “We are further informed by our client that Comrade Oshiomhole did not only threaten to deal with her but he has also declared that he has sent some thugs to monitor her movements in Etsako West LGA, with a view to carrying out the threat of dealing with her.

“Consequent upon this, our client for fear of being hurt or harmed by Comrade Oshiomhole and the assigned thugs has not been able to continue with her campaign.

“It is on this note that we passionately plead with you (Kokumo) on behalf of our client, to use your good office to investigate the incident, with a view to bringing Comrade Oshiomhole and his cohorts to book, to avert any unpleasant and unforeseen harm coming to our client, especially as the Edo State governorship election is by the corner; precisely on September 19, 2020.

“This is more so that the lives of our client and her family (by this threat) are at stake and the situation may degenerate into a full-blown crisis if nothing urgent is done.”

Reacting to the Deputy Governor’s wife’s claim, Victor Oshioke, the spokesman to Oshiomhole, said the petition was a futile attempt by Maryann to divert attention from her trending video where she was threatening to flog some women if they attend any event other than the one she organised.

He said the petition was a calculated attempt to rubbish the name of the former APC National Chairman.

Oshiomhole said that the Deputy Governor and his wife should find another way to save their family image, which, according to him, had been badly damaged by their numerous unguarded public utterances.