Outgoing PDP Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has left the country on vacation to Turkey....CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
According to Edo Politcal forum platform the governor was said to have traveled with the members of his family.…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Before Obaseki left Benin city by road to Lagos in the late hours of Thursday the 27th of September, he was said to have unceremoniously handed-over the reins of power to his close ally and ex-Commissioner for Finance Joseph Eboigbe, who doubles as the Secretary to the Edo State Government and Chairman, Transition Committee.
Exactly at 8.56 pm, Obaseki and his wife, Betsy boarded a Turkish airline transit flight Tk626 at the international wing of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport via Istanbul to Venice, Italy.
They arrived Instabul on Saturday the 28th of September 2024 at 5.40 am. Upon arrival in Istanbul after boarding the connecting Turkish Airline flight Tk1867 from Istanbul to Venice the flight took-off exactly 7.02 am and arrived at their final destination 8.29 am.
Obaseki and his wife will remain in Venice to attend the 60th Biennale Foundation International Cultural Exhibition, which will end in the third week of November 2024.
“He had written the State Legislature for approval of his terminal leave but choose to proceed before it was approved, like he was being pursued.
“To confirm the Governor’s disappearance from the State the midweek exco meeting this week was virtual with the governor imploring all members of his exco to direct all their requests to Eboigbe, who he gave up to 30th of October 2024 to finalise handover documents to formally submit same to the Governor-elect on November 12.”
Recall that on July 11 2024 Obaseki inaugurated a 20-man transition committee Chaired by Mr Eboigbe. In 2017 Obaseki was appointed the Commissioner of the Nigerian pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale Exhibition by the Buhari administration. It was in that capacity he attended the Venice Biennale Exhibition in April 2024.…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
