Edo gov’ship: Why I am supporting APC candidate –Shaibu

Philip Shaibu, former deputy governor of Edo State, has said that he is supporting the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in the state, Monday Okpebholo, because Governor Godwin Obaseki allegedly engaged in anti-party activities in the last election. 

Shaibu, in an interview on Channels TV Politics Today, accused Governor Obaseki of supporting the Labour Party Presidential Candidate, Peter Obi, during the 2023 elections.

He stated that the Edo people now want a “homeboy” to be the governor not an outsider.

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He said, “I am not double dating. When you have a child or you have a leader, you want to pick everything the leader does. The governor himself wanted us to support the Labour Party and asked us to support the Labour Party candidate during the last election. The wife even told us that Atiku and Tinubu would never win the election.

“So, they did anti-party and I saw that they did anti-party and nothing happened. The governor on Channels TV said that you can choose whom you like. I am right to follow suit to support whom I like.

“I am now supporting Monday Okpebholo. We need our homeboy now to be the governor. We don’t need an outsider. Apata and Monday Okpebholo are the only true homeboys in the three major political parties in the state.”