An Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, collapsed during the governor’s second-term inauguration on Thursday at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, the Edo State Capital.
The ADC slumped around 12 noon while the governor was giving an appreciation speech after the Oath of Office was administered by the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Esther Edigin.
The well-knitted ADC, whose name was yet to be confirmed at the time of writing this report, was standing behind the governor during the speech but suddenly fell while Obaseki appreciated members of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) for “covering us with the umbrella when we were abandoned in political wilderness”.
The ADC was attended to by about four other aides while the Governor ended his about 20-minute speech.
PDP governors that attended the inauguration included Nyesom Wike of Rivers State, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State, and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State.
Also present at the event are the National Chairman of the PDP and some party officials.
Obaseki had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC) after he was denied the ruling party’s ticket in the primary election due to intra-party wrangling.
He later defeated the APC candidate in the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to be re-elected governor of the state.
