Sunday, July 21, 2024 -Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, had dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and returned to the All Progressive Congress (APC).
He defected during the APC Edo State
inauguration of the National Working Committee of the Edo governorship election
meeting held on Saturday, July 20.
During the meeting, Shaibu, 54, declared
his intention to defect to APC and he was later received into the party by the
National Organising Secretary.
This comes after Shaibu alleged on
Friday, July 19, that his principal, Godwin Obaseki, denied him entry into the
state.
Federal High Court in Abuja ordered
his reinstatement as deputy governor.
"Yesterday, I got intel that the
governor has told his men that they must not allow me into town. I am a
free-born of Edo State, nobody can stop me from entering Edo State,"
Shaibu said.
"The constitution does not allow
anybody to bar me from entering Edo State, not even when I am a deputy
governor. Even if I am an ordinary citizen, I should have a right. I should
have freedom."
Shaibu also alleged that when he
declared his intention to run for the governorship ticket under the PDP in
November 2023, Obaseki said he would destroy him.
The deputy governor also accused the
governor of orchestrating the attack on his convoy on Thursday, July 18, which
led to the death if a police officer in Benin City. He alleged that the attack
was Obaseki keeping true to his earlier promise to destroy him.
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