Obaseki dissolves Edo State Executive Council, sacks all aides

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State on Wednesday, dissolved the State Executive Council (SEC) as well as sacked all his aides including his Senior Special Assistants and Special Assistants.

The development was announced in a statement issued in Benin by Special Adviser to the Governor on Media Project, Crusoe Osagie, who said the dissolution of the Council was with immediate effect.

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The statement added that Obaseki also relieved about 200 Special Assistants (SAs) and Senior Special Assistants (SSAs) of their appointments.

“The governor said that beginning from today, all Special Assistants and Senior Special Assistants have been relieved of their appointments,” part of the statement reads.