Barely 24 hours after removing Ms Tinyan Otuomagie as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of New Edo Line Transport Services Limited, Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, has sacked his Special Adviser on Youth Mobilisation, Hon Collins Aigbogun.
The governor also announced the appointment of Mr Smart Aigbodion, the General Manager in charge of Maintenance, as the Acting Managing Director and CEO of the transport company, pending the selection of a substantive head.
In the same development, Christopher Udobor Iyase was appointed to replace the dismissed Special Adviser on Youth Mobilisation.
The Secretary to the State Government, Barrister Umar Musa Ikhilor, confirmed the dismissal of Hon Collins Aigbogun in a statement issued to journalists on Friday in Benin City.
Ikhilor stated that the appointment of Hon Christopher Udobor Iyase takes immediate effect.
He described the new appointee as a committed youth mobiliser with a deep interest in the welfare and overall well-being of young people across Edo State.
Meanwhile, it was gathered that the dismissed aide is currently in police custody over his alleged involvement in a violent anti-kidnapping protest that took place on Saturday, January 10, 2026, in Esan West Local Government Area of the state.
He was reportedly arrested following an order by the governor for a probe into the violence that erupted during the protest, which allegedly resulted in the destruction of both public and private property within the local government area.
Hon Collins Aigbogun was one of the 18 local government chairmen elected under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led administration of former Governor Godwin Obaseki.
He later defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, after the state government removed the 18 elected chairmen and their deputies, after which he was immediately appointed as an aide by Governor Monday Okpebholo.
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