The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has dared his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, by declaring to run for the governorship position.
The Deputy Governor, who has been at daggers drawn with his boss, unfolded his ambition to become the next governor on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Explaining why he threw his hat into the ring, Shaibu, who was recently evicted from the Deputy Governor’s Lodge, said “Edo needs a practical leader.”
He suggested that Obaseki, who has governed the State for close to 8 years now, was an experimental governor.
Addressing reporters in Benin City, Shaibu said with the 2024 Edo governorship election fast approaching, the state cannot afford to experiment again with someone who does not understand the politics of the state or the needs of the people.
He explained that the Edo people need practical governance and cannot experiment again with someone who does not understand the politics of a good state and the needs of the people.
