JUST IN: Embattled Edo deputy gov withdraws suit against Obaseki

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the deputy governor said due to intervention from “well-meaning citizens of Edo”, he has instructed his solicitors to withdraw the suit.

Shuaibu had in the the suit filed at a federal high court in Abuja, listed the inspector-general of police, state security service, governor of Edo, speaker of Edo state house of assembly, and chief judge of Edo state, as first to fifth defendants, respectively.