12th November, 2024
By Paul Dada
The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has said he is the one to hand over to the new Governor of the state, Monday Okpebholo since Godwin Obaseki whose tenure ends on Tuesday, is absent.
Shaibu who was speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Tuesday, expressed the excitement to hand over to Okpebholo and his deputy, Dennis Idahosa.
Shaibu said: “I am deeply happy that today has come, and I am going to be handing over to a new deputy governor. Normally, if the governor is not there, the deputy governor will hand over. So whether he is there or not, I am ready to hand over.
“The governor and I have been apart. He does not communicate with me, and we don’t talk. It is very unfortunate. This is the first time in Edo State that a governor and his deputy will have to part without talking to each other. I made an effort. I have not been seeing him at the government house in the last four days,” he said.
Shaibu who fell apart politically from Obaseki, also said, “Yes. I am back in APC. I am one of the very young guys that started the APC in Edo State. Because of loyalty, I went with my governor. I decamped from APC to PDP not because I wanted to, but because I wanted to but because I was loyal to Obeseki. I left APC because of him, and I am back to APC because of him.
“I thank him for the opportunity to be able to reunite with my father, Oshimole who I quarreled with because of Obaseki.”