The office of the Deputy Governor of Edo State, located on Osadebe Avenue in Benin City, the state capital, was sealed off on Sunday by stern-looking policemen.

This office had previously been relocated from the Government House following a dispute between Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu and Governor Godwin Obaseki.

By Sunday, the entry gate was closed, and a police truck equipped with a machine gun and manned by three officers was stationed outside.

It was gathered that staff of the office were on Friday told to resume at the John Odigie Oyegun Public Service Agency while the official vehicles in the deputy governor’s office including the Press Crew bus have been moved to the office of the Head of Service inside the Government House in Osadebe Avenue.

A staff of the Deputy Governor’s office on Sunday said, “You know we are civil servants. On Thursday, we were told to resume in JOOPSA and that was where we also resumed on Friday and we would also do that tomorrow (Monday).”