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By Ozioruva Aliu
BENIN CITY – FORMER Deputy Governor of Edo State, Marvellous Omobayo, has written to the Inspector General of Police implicit an ultimatum by the Edo State authorities that helium should instrumentality authoritative properties inactive successful his possession oregon hazard arrest.
The erstwhile lawman politician is besides contesting the authorities authorities referring to him arsenic an amerciable lawman arsenic helium said the issues surrounding his tenure arsenic the lawman politician is presently earlier the Court of Appeal and urged the State to hold for the result Appeal Court state is word arsenic illegal.
Omobayo stated this successful a missive dated October 28, 2025, addressed to the Inspector General of Police and copied Edo State Commissioner of Police, Director General, Department of State Services and the National Security Adviser, which was made disposable to Vanguard successful Benin City said that helium is entitled to each benefits helium is presently enjoying arsenic a erstwhile Deputy Governor of Edo State pending the determination of his entreaty arsenic helium said nary tribunal has made immoderate bid touching connected his benefits and entitlements.
Recall the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo, Fred Itua successful a issued a one-week ultimatum to Omobayo to instrumentality each authorities spot and assets inactive successful his possession and declaring his enactment successful bureau oregon hazard arrest.
Part of the missive read, “The supra referenced property merchandise dated 28 October, 2025 wherein the Chief Press Secretary to the Edo State Governor purported to contented a one-week ultimatum to the undersigned (Omobayo) to instrumentality authorities owned property.
“The property merchandise refers to the undersigned arsenic “…former illegitimate lawman governor, Mr. Godwin Omobayo…” and threatens “…to nonstop the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, to effect his arrest…”.
“Kindly enactment that the contented of the legitimacy oregon different of tenure of the undersigned arsenic Deputy Governor of Edo State from April to November 2024 which was categorically commented upon the said property merchandise is the taxable substance of an Appeal No: CA/ABJ/CV/856/2024 which is pending earlier the Court of Appeal, Abuja from the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja delivered connected 17th July, 2024 successful Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/478/2024.
“Please enactment that the taxable substance of the entreaty is “subjudice” and successful addition, determination is simply a pending exertion for enactment of execution of the proceedings court’s judgement and for injunction pending the determination of the entreaty earlier the Court of Appeal.
He continued, “For your easiness of reference. These processes corroborate that the Inspector General of Police is simply a enactment to the suit and the pending appeal.
“It is lone the tribunal (in this lawsuit the Court of Appeal) which tin validly pronounce connected the legitimacy oregon different of my tenure arsenic lawman politician of Edo State and it is lone close that the Nigerian Police Force refrain from being instigated to instrumentality actions that are susceptible of being interpreted arsenic contemptuous of the tribunal oregon calculated to bring the medication of justness into disrepute.
“Please enactment that it volition beryllium unlawful for a enactment to a pending entreaty to edifice to aforesaid assistance by deploying thugs to overreach a tribunal successful respect of a substance awaiting judicial solution oregon instigate the constabulary to prosecute successful actions susceptible of interfering with the law relation of the judiciary. This volition magnitude to contempt of tribunal and volition pull terrible consequences.
“All acrophobic are advised to await the result of the matters successful tribunal earlier taking immoderate enactment successful respect of the taxable substance of the suit/appeal.
“For the avoidance of doubt, I stay entitled to each benefits I americium enjoying arsenic a erstwhile Deputy Governor of Edo State pending the determination of the entreaty and nary tribunal has made immoderate bid touching connected my benefits and entitlements.
“I americium definite sir, that you volition not let the Police Force to beryllium utilized to perpetrate illegality.”
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