The stage for fresh administration is now set in Edo state as Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy Philip Shaibu were inaugurated for the second term in office.

The event currently ongoing at the tennis court of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin city, Edo state capital, is graced by the creme de la creme from the Nigerian political fraternity.

Leading the list of top dignitaries at the event are Governors Nyesom Wike of Rivers, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto, Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta, Diri Duoye of Bayelsa and top members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led by Prince Uche Secondus.

President Muhammadu Buhari and vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, are also at the event though represented by the minister of health Osagie Ehanire and political aide, respectively.

At exactly 12:15 pm, the governor and his deputy were sworn in by the state chief judge, Esther Edighen.

The Edo election was held on Saturday, September 19, across all the 18 local government areas in the state.

Governor Obaseki comfortably sailed to the shore of victory as he defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC)'s Osagie Ize-Iyamu and 12 other candidates.

The Edo governor was declared the winner of the anticipated poll by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), having met all requirements by polling 307,955 and winning 13 local government areas.

Prominent Nigerians including former vice president Atiku Abubakar, Dele Momodu, and former president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan have described Obaseki's victory as a win for democracy and an end to political godfatherism.

Following the killing of a student in Oyo state, the Oyo state chapter of Amotekun, has claimed that the deceased was an armed robber and a cultist.

Amotekun was accused of killing the student by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) had accused the security outfit of killing Akolade Gbadebo, a 400-level student of the Federal College of Education Special (SPED), Oyo (with affiliation to the University of Ibadan).

NANS said he was shot dead after Amotekun corps was invited to clear a barricade by students around Sabo area of Oyo town, The Cable reports.

The Oyo state chapter of Amotekun, has claimed that the deceased was an armed robber and a cultist. Photo: PM News

Mayowa Opakunle, chairman of NANS joint campus committee in Oyo said:

“I was told that Amotekun corps were called that some students barricaded the road in the area. They came and somebody was said to have fired at them and they returned the fire. The bullet hit the student and he died. The incident happened around 10:30pm last Thursday."

However, Olayinka Olayanju, Amotekun commandant, claimed it was an armed robber that they killed.

He said the deceased was with two other criminals at roadblock mounted around Sabo area of the town. According to him, his accomplices were arrested and handed over to the police.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng Nigerians have reacted to the latest development with many people criticising Amotekun for the killings.

Kelvin Chux Okoh wrote on Facebook:

"This abuse of unsecured power. You have no justification whatsoever for killing anyone"

Saad Adamu wrote:

"Even before it all began? By the way, who authorise their carrying arms. Their mandate by my knowledge does not include carrying arms. This is why there shouldn't be all sorts of militia groups posing as regional security outfits."

Meanwhile, NANS threatened to embark on massive protest should the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) resume its industrial strike action.

Speaking through its newly-elected president Sunday Asefon on Thursday, December 24, NANS described as a slap the ASUU's position that the strike was suspended "conditionally.

Legit.ng recalls that after 10 months, the lecturers' body announced the suspension of the strike action.