Oshiomhole, Philip Shaibu’s wife, Marryann fight dirty
Maryann Philip-Shaibu, the wife of Edo Deputy Governor and Adams
Oshiomhole, a former Governor of the State, have engaged in a war of
words over an alleged threat to the life of the Deputy Governor’s
wife.
Marryann had alleged that Oshiomhole sent thugs to monitor her
movement, in a petition to Edo Commissioner of Police, Babatunde
Kokumo, by her lawyer, Idemudia Ilueminosen.
The petition said: “We are informed by our client that on Sunday,
September 6, 2020, at Jattu in Etsako West Local Government Area of
Edo State, during the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaign tour to
the community, Comrade Oshiomhole, a chieftain of APC, threatened to
deal with our client, Mrs. Maryann Philip-Shaibu, after casting
aspersions on her person and sending several warnings that she steers
clear of campaigning for her party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
under which platform her husband, Hon. Philip Shaibu is contesting as
a deputy governorship candidate, along with the standard-bearer, the
Governor, Mr. Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki.
“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 harm 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.
The statement said that the former Governor cannot, under any
circumstance, “be distracted by the buzzing of baby mosquitoes like
Shaibu and his wife.”