Samson Osagie, Edo State Attorney General And Former Reps Minority Leader, Stains Two Decades Political Profile With Alleged ‘Grave Financial Infractions’

<h4>Samson Osagie<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Barrister Samson Osagie&comma; Edo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice&comma; may have stained his political profile built over two decades&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>During the week&comma; Edo State Government announced the suspension of Barrister Samson Osagie as its Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The suspension also included Chairman of the Local Government Service Commission&comma; Damian Lawani&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Making the announcement&comma; Mr&period; Musa Ikhilor&comma; Secretary to the State Government &lpar;SSG&rpar;&comma;in a statement in Benin on Thursday morning&comma; said the two state top officials were suspended over allegations of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;grave official and financial interactions&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to him&comma; the suspension&comma; which took immediate effect&comma; is pending the conclusion of an investigation into the allegations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is hereby announced for the information of the general public that the Gov&period; Monday Okpebholo has approved the suspension from office of the Chairman of Edo Local Government Service Commission&comma; Damian Lawani and Commissioner for Justice&comma; Samson Osagie over allegations of grave official and financial infractions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The suspension is with immediate effect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Consequently&comma; the governor has ordered the setting up of an Investigative Committee to investigate the allegations levelled against them and make appropriate recommendations accordingly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The suspension of Osagie and Lawani became necessary to enable the Government carry out a thorough investigation into the allegation of financial infractions levelled against them&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The suspension is pending the conclusion of the investigation&comma;” the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">SSG<&sol;a> said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Coming in less than three months after Barrister Osagie took office as Attorney General of Edo&comma; the suspension has sufficiently rattled the politician as well as the reputation he has built for over two decades&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Meantime&comma; those who are close to the Uhunmwode Local Government Area ward 6 tactical politician never saw this coming&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We were taken unawares&period; Nobody saw this coming&period; There was no sign that Barrister Osagie was already on the wrong side of the governor&period; It is still a surprise to us&period; Can you imagine the reputation Osagie has built over two decades just going down the drain&quest; <&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&&num;8220&semi;His reputation is stained already&period; What we are going to be doing in the months ahead is damage control&period; It is unthinkable but it has happened and it is unfortunate&comma;”<&sol;strong> <&sol;em>a close associate of Osagie told OpenLife Saturday morning in confidence&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Born on November 11&comma; 1967&comma; Osagie hails from Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State&period; He started off as a member of Edo State House of Assembly before proceeding to the House of Representatives where he served as a principal officer of the House as a minority whip&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Professionally&comma; he has been the Managing Partner in Samson Ima-Osagie &amp&semi; Associates as well as CEO&comma; Samraph Global Consults Ltd and Executive Director&comma; Centre For Advanced &amp&semi; Dynamic Leadership For Development&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Osagie&comma; who was the Director of Contact and Mobilization&comma; South-South Zone&comma; for the APC Presidential Campaign Council&comma; obtained Second Class Honours &lbrack;Upper Division&rsqb; in Law from Obafemi Awolowo University&comma; OAU&comma; Ile-Ife&comma; in 1994&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;26510" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-26510" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-26510" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2024&sol;08&sol;Edo-State-300x179&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Samson Osagie&comma; Edo State Attorney General And Former Reps Minority Leader&comma; Stains Two Decades Political Profile With Alleged &OpenCurlyQuote;Grave Financial Infractions’ " width&equals;"300" height&equals;"179" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-26510" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Edo State<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;