A Germany-based Nigerian, Godspower Uwagboe, has accused Edwin Idahosa, an elder brother to the current Deputy Governor of Edo State, Dennis Idahosa, of alleged plot to eliminate him, whether in Nigeria or abroad.
According to Uwagboe, who hails from Benin, the plots by the said Edwin to influence the state government to demolish his property, including houses in the state and those of his family members in Benin City, on allegations of being a cultist or kidnapper, using the State Government’s anti-kidnapping and cultism law, recently signed by Governor Monday Okpebhole, to destroy his property .
Uwagboe who spoke from his base in Germany on Friday, denied being a member of any secret cult or harbouring kidnappers in any of his properties. He described the allegations levelled against him by his traducer as false and baseless.
According to him, trouble started in the year 2024, when Edwin Idahosa falsely accused him of reportedly stealing his gold chains in Germany, an allegation, he claimed he had consistently refuted and denied.
He disclosed that in an attempt to prove his innocence of the crime, he left his base in Germany to Nigeria, where he swore an oath at the palace of the Oba of Benin that he had no hand in the missing gold chains belonging to Edwin Idahosa.
“To prove my innocence, I came to Nigeria this year and we went to different places, including the Oba of Benin palace to swear oaths. I am not the one who stole his chains. Surprisingly, when I returned to Germany, he started accusing me that I was the one that stole the chains.
“He did some videos a few days ago that he was coming to kill me. He promised to get me down wherever I am. I have never been involved in fraudulent activity. I work hard for every penny I have. I am neither a cultist nor a kidnapper,” Uwagboe said.
He, therefore, appealed to Governor Monday Okpebholo not to allow Edwin Idahosa to use the State Government’s anti-cultism and kidnapping campaign to wrongfully demolish the properties he had toiled for all his life, to acquire.
An uncle to Uwagboe, Mr. Charles Oke Aya-Ineh, who also spoke in the issue, alleged that Edwin, in a video posted on Facebook, reportedly vowed to go to any length to deal with his Godspower despite his innocence.
He said: “Godspower Uwagboe has gone to several places to clear his name regarding the missing gold chains. Now, they are threatening him that they want to kill him and include his name in the wanted cultists or kidnappers, to destroy his property. He is innocent of the allegations,”
On her part, the mother of Godspower Uwagboe, Mrs. Philomena Oke Aya-Ineh, described the allegations against her son as false and baseless.
She added that the allegations were orchestrated just to destroy her son’s reputation, in order to instigate the government to demolish his houses in Benin.
According to her, Uwagboe, who is currently in Germany, is a struggling young man who is toiling day and night in the snow to make a living, but some envious people want to drag his name through the mud.
“I have come to let the whole world to know that Edwin Idahosa is threatening my son. He said he wants to kill my son in Germany, that he is going to give my son’s name and picture to his brother the Deputy Governor, to demolish my son’s house in Benin,” she alleged.
Efforts to get Mr. Edwin Idahosa’s reaction failed, but, Mr. Friday Aghedo, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Governor, urged the warring parties to sort themselves out between themselves alone.
“The woman should have faced the person she had a misunderstanding with, she does not have to bring the name of the Deputy Governor into it.
“The Deputy Governor is busy with his job, and I am not even sure he is aware of anything like that.
“Whoever she has issues with, they should sort themselves out, they don’t have to bring the Deputy Governor on the headline. Perhaps she should p
