VIDEO: Obaseki’s ADC collapses at his swearing in ceremony for a second term
He was standing at the back of Obaseki, who was reading his speech, when he suddenly started going down. Others security operatives rushed to his aid and took him away.
The Aide-de-camp (ADC) to Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Thursday collapsed during the swearing-in ceremony of the governor for a second term.
The event was held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the Edo State capital.
Newsflash247 understands that the governor was reading his inaugural speech when the incident happened.
He was standing at the back of Obaseki, who was reading his speech, when he suddenly started going down. Others security operatives rushed to his aid and took him away.
As of the time of filing this report, the ADC’s state of health was not clear.
The event, a low key one, held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Edo State, and the oath of office was administered by the State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Esther Edigin.
It was the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, flanked by his wife, that first took the oath of office at about 11.48pm, before Governor Godwin Obaseki, also flanked by his wife took his own oath of office at about 12.00pm.
No fewer than four other governors witnessed the inauguration.
Governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) including Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Duoye Diri of Bayelsa State were present at the inauguration.
The PDP National Chairman, Uche Secondus, was also present at the event with some other party officials while Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, who was represented by a government official, was also in attendance.
Obaseki had defected to the PDP from the All Progressives Congress (APC) after he was denied the ruling party’s ticket in the primary election due to intra-party wrangling.
He later defeated the APC candidate in the September 19, 2020 Governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, for a second term.
Governor Obaseki was returned elected after polling the highest number of votes in the keenly-contested poll conducted on Saturday, September 19.
The governor secured 307,955 of the total votes, 84,336 more votes than his closest rival Ize-Iyamu, who got 223, 619 votes.
Watch the video of the ADC’s collapse below:
Source: Newsflash247 Nigeria
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