Immediate past Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu has declared support for the candidate of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 21 governorship election.
Shaibu, who was impeached by the House of Assembly, described the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Asue Ighodalo, as an “outsider” in the build-up to the governorship race.
Shaibu, on the sidelines of the 2024 Father’s Day celebration at Saint Paul’s Catholic Church in Benin City, said he prefers to support a homeboy.
He stated that the governorship race began with himself and two other “homeboys” – Okpebholo of the APC and Olumide Akpata of Labour Party, LP, –but opted for the APC flag-bearer, warning that a PDP victory would reintroduce godfatherism in Edo State.
“Today I came in as a homeboy. We have only two homeboys in the major political parties in Edo State. One is in Labour and the other in APC, and I chose to follow another homeboy in the APC.
“The man they are parading in the PDP is an outsider and we have also agreed that there is no more godfatherism in Edo.
“So, the man the PDP is trying to portray in Edo now is the godson of Obaseki and there is no way a godson will become governor of Edo,” he said.
