Real reason Oshiomhole sacks sport commissioner..The Chief of staff, Patrick Obahiagbon connection….

Edo State Governor, Adams Oshiomhole has sacked the state’s Commissioner
for Youths, Sports and Social Mobilisation, Honourable Lady Omorede Osifo.

Hon. Lady Osifo, who assumed headship of the youth, sports and Social
Mobilisation ministry about 10 months ago, March 8, 2013 precisely, was
relinquished after the governor felt disappointed about the failure of the
floodlights at the Sam Ogbemudia stadium in the state.

The Problem according to an insider all started for Hon. lady  Osifo when
the state staged a Youth Summit and Concert that brought all the who is who
in the entertainment industry to Benin City last Saturday. The Flood Lights
which was installed by erstwhile Governor Lucky Igbinedion administration
12 years ago, failed on the day of the concert.

“The governor was not happy when he finds out that the flood light did not
come on, and considering the amount of money budgeted for the youth summit,
we gathered that #75million was provided to the committee headed by the
Chief of staff to the Governor, Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon. The commissioner
for youth,sports and social mobilisation was not part of the committee, he
decided to take an immediate action ” our source told us.

We reliably gathered that Hon. Lady Osifo, who was suppose to be in charge
of the Youth Summit as the commissioner for youth, sport and Social
Mobilisation, did not even know about it until few days to the event, some
other people had colluded together and sideline the female politician from
being in charge of her duties based on their envy of her rising profile.

Another inside source who was privy of information told us that, the beef
by some key members of the governor's cabinet was a major reason why she
has been sacked indefinitely by a governor she respect with so much
fanatical totality. The source maintained that what Hon. Lady Osifo did on
a normal day wouldn’t have led to a sack or instant replacement but the
reverse was the case, as the governor already replaced her.

We also gathered in very good authority that the whole problem for Hon
Osifo all started from the Chief of staff, Hon Patrick Obahiagbon.
Information further revealed that both of them are from the same local
government in Edo State, Oredo local government area where Hon Osifo is
even more popular than Obahiagbon.

Both of them even contested for the House of representative seat in 2011
representing the same localities, this we further gathered had constituted
the ostentatious English speaking Obahiagbon to create a beef for Hon.
Osifo, and had vowed to make sure the Harvard trained female politician
leaves the sit of the commissioner before her term is complete.

Our further investigation even revealed that for this position to be
maintained, Hon. Obahiagbon was obviously noticed to have been blocking the
female politician ever since the campaign for the second tenure of the
Comrade Governor, as he will always try to stop her from talking at the
campaign ground and even climbing the podium. All of this we gathered are
unknown to the Comrade Governor who is always very just in his judgment.

Some quarters also claimed that the reason why the governor sent her
packing was because she had left the venue of the Youth Summit before the
event came to an end, but we reliably gathered that it was Hon. Obahiagbon
that went to whisper into her ears during the show that the governor asked
her to leave the venue because her major assignment was to go and put the
stadium in order, but our very dependable source close to the Governor
admitted that he (Obahiagbon)  acted on his own in order to deceive the
female politician.

A close source who further admitted that a beef existed between the two,
and that Obahiagbon was not happy that Oba was going to give Hon. Omorede
Osifo a Royal bead despite the fact he believes he deserved one.
Fortunately for Osifo  that same Monday evening she was sent packing from
the Edo state Government, she was presented a Royal  bead that doesn’t just
go to anybody regardless of your political office position, except that you
deserve it. This now made the youths to conclude that it wasn’t the flood
light that was only responsible for her sudden removal from office. It was
the beef that have already existed among some key and certain members of
the Government.

Before her sack, she was relatively been turned into a figure head
commissioner as Bendel Insurance football club was taken from her and
handed to a committee headed by the SSG and involving a top sport marketer
from the same area with the governor, who was recently made an honorary
adviser on sport to the Governor.

Confirming her sack, we sent a text message to the commissioner for
information and orientation, Mr. Louis Odion who said; “He removed her, the
comrade Governor reserves the right to appoint and remove in line with his
vision”.


Efforts to call both Honourable Lady Osifo and Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon to
get their own side of d story proved abortive  while their number was not
responding as at press time.