Edo 2024: I will defeat your anointed candidate – Shaibu to Gov Obaseki

Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State has said he will defeat the anointed candidate of his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki in the 2024 elections in the state.

Shaibu who has been at loggerheads with Obaseki says he will defeat the Governors anointed candidate because he has the support of the people of Edo.

He spoke while appearing on a TVC programme on Monday evening.

According to Shaibu: “Definitely, I’ll defeat the so-called candidate of the governor, not because I have the power, but because Edo people want their own and I am their own. Edo people do not want importation; they want their own.

“The problem I have with the governor is that he has allowed certain individuals that have interest in governance to come between us.

“He is managing in his own style and the way he feels he can manage it. I am also managing it the way I feel I can manage it.

“When I said I was pressed, but not distressed, I understand the kind of intimidation and oppression I have gone through.”

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