Governor Godiwn Obaseki of Edo Stste and his deputy, Philip Shaibu have been sworn-in for second term in office.
It was gathered that the inauguration which took place at the Tennis Court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, Benin City, witnessed the presence of four other governors.
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party including Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State.
PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, was also present at the event with some other party officials while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by a government official.
Recall that 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, for a second term.