High Street

The story that the police has declared Yusuf Binji, the managing Director of BUA’s Obu Cement Company wanted over an alleged attack on the convoy of Governor Godwin Obaseki is absolutely false after all. Force Police Public Relations Officer Jimoh Moshood stated unequivocally that there had been no such directive from the police at the sate or federal command. This development carpets statement issued by the Special Adviser on Media to the Edo state government, Crusoe Osagie alleging that the police issued an arrest wararnt for the arrest of the BUA Cement Managing Director. The police rebutal absolves Binji of complicity in the alleged attack Governor Obaseki – and other claims by the state Government.

Cement manufacturer, BUA has reacted to the arrest of its employees on the orders of the Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki. The statement issued reads We have been made aware that today, the Edo State Governor, in the company of some security operatives, visited one of our mining sites in Obu-Okpella, Edo State to effect a gestapo-style forceful shutdown of that mine despite a subsisting court pronouncement that the Mine be allowed to operate. Upon reaching that mining site and not meeting any personnel or equipment, two BUA Cement employees were invited to the mining site to receive the Governor. We later learnt that these employees were arrested upon arrival on the orders of the Governor and taken away for no just reason. As it stands, we do not know why they were arrested but have requested our lawyers to secure their unconditional release immediately as these employees are innocent and have no knowledge of why they were being arrested. Now that one of our mining sites has been f...