{"id":15958,"date":"2023-09-15T14:55:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/?p=15958"},"modified":"2023-09-15T14:55:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T13:55:55","slug":"true-governor-obaseki-relocates-deputys-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/true-governor-obaseki-relocates-deputys-office\/","title":{"rendered":"TRUE! Governor Obaseki relocates deputy\u2019s office"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Claim: Governor Obaseki relocates the office of his deputy.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Verdict: TRUE. News reports and images from credible media outlets attest to the claim.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full Text<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, have been in a feud<\/a> due to the latter\u2019s desire to succeed his principal<\/a> in the next Edo State gubernatorial election.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their disagreement had developed into incidents, including the dissolution of the media team<\/a> of the deputy governor. A public spat<\/a> also ensued between the duo when the deputy, Mr Shaibu, wanted to approach his principal at a Sunday Thanksgiving marking the 32nd anniversary of the state and was denied access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, Emmanuel Aroma shared<\/a> in a Facebook group that Mr Obaseki has relocated the office of his deputy from the premises of the State House to a different location.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGov Obaseki relocates (the) Deputy Governor\u2019s office to (an) abandoned building in Benin. Also identified at the new location is a \u2018conspicuous signpost\u2019 that announces the property as the working hub of the deputy governor,\u201d part of the post reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of the Deputy Governor\u2019s new office. Photo Source: Facebook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The post has garnered 18 reactions and 16 shares as of September 4, 2023, stirring diverse reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Deputy Governor has a brighter chance to become the next Governor\u2026 instead of being humiliated, he should resign and decamp to (the) Labour Party,\u201d said<\/a> Mike Adiara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThat\u2019s Nigeria politics for you.\u201d Prince No Stain Chubuike commented<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the controversial comments, we decided to fact-check the claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verification<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We conducted keyword searches to discover media outlets that may have reported the development, and we noticed that Arise News published<\/a> a story on it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report<\/a> mentions that the development is an \u201cattempt\u201d of the governor to relocate his deputy\u2019s office to a \u201cbuilding outside the Government House.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It further confirms<\/a> that the building is located at \u201cNo. 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the Government House.\u201d Vanguard<\/a> and Punch<\/a> are other media outlets that published a similar report confirming Mr Shaibu\u2019s new office outside the government\u2019s house.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DUBAWA also contacted the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie. However, he has not responded to our messages when filing this report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The claim is valid. News reports and images published by credible news agencies confirm the relocation of Mr Shaibu\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Claim: Governor Obaseki relocates the office of his deputy. Verdict: TRUE. News reports and images from credible media outlets attest to the claim. Full Text The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki, and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, have been in a feud due to the latter\u2019s desire to succeed his principal in the next Edo State gubernatorial election.\u00a0 Their disagreement had developed into incidents, including the dissolution of the media team of the deputy governor. A public spat also ensued between the duo when the deputy, Mr Shaibu, wanted to approach his principal at a Sunday Thanksgiving marking the 32nd anniversary of the state and was denied access. Recently, Emmanuel Aroma shared in a Facebook group that Mr Obaseki has relocated the office of his deputy from the premises of the State House to a different location.\u00a0 \u201cGov Obaseki relocates (the) Deputy Governor\u2019s office to (an) abandoned building in Benin. Also identified at the new location is a \u2018conspicuous signpost\u2019 that announces the property as the working hub of the deputy governor,\u201d part of the post reads. The post has garnered 18 reactions and 16 shares as of September 4, 2023, stirring diverse reactions. \u201cThe Deputy Governor has a brighter chance to become the next Governor\u2026 instead of being humiliated, he should resign and decamp to (the) Labour Party,\u201d said Mike Adiara. \u201cThat\u2019s Nigeria politics for you.\u201d Prince No Stain Chubuike commented.\u00a0 Due to the controversial comments, we decided to fact-check the claim. Verification We conducted keyword searches to discover media outlets that may have reported the development, and we noticed that Arise News published a story on it.\u00a0 The report mentions that the development is an \u201cattempt\u201d of the governor to relocate his deputy\u2019s office to a \u201cbuilding outside the Government House.\u201d It further confirms that the building is located at \u201cNo. 7, Dennis Osadebey Avenue, close to the Government House.\u201d Vanguard and Punch are other media outlets that published a similar report confirming Mr Shaibu\u2019s new office outside the government\u2019s house.\u00a0 DUBAWA also contacted the Special Adviser on Media to the Governor of Edo State, Crusoe Osagie. However, he has not responded to our messages when filing this report. Conclusion The claim is valid. News reports and images published by credible news agencies confirm the relocation of Mr Shaibu\u2019s office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"hannibal_claim_source":"","hannibal_source_label":"","hannibal_card_color":"blue","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":false,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"","_twitter_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type":"","_pinterest_share_type":"","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"","_medium_share_type":"","_threads_share_type":"","_google_business_share_type":"","_bluesky_share_type":"","_mastodon_share_type":"","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[437,1571,16],"tags":[],"verdict":[],"ppma_author":[3699],"class_list":["post-15958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-facebook-checks","category-fact-check","category-politics"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R6dE-49o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":3699,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"cole-praise","display_name":"Cole Praise","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7934b84f51e2c1f4c1e77cce93c223ac97cc2da29198aa9141fd944b0407bb2d?s=96&r=g","author_category":"","user_url":"","last_name":"","first_name":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Godwin-Obaseki.webp?fit=1500%2C961&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15962,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15958\/revisions\/15962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15958"},{"taxonomy":"verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/verdict?post=15958"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dubawa.org\/dir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=15958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}