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The reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has claimed that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for the upcoming September 21, 2024, governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo, has not been accepted by the people of the state.
Naija News reports that Shaibu made this known during an interview on Channels TV programme, Politics Today.
According to Shaibu, Ighodalo’s kinsmen have rejected him because he can’t speak their native language.
He vowed that the PDP candidate, who has the backing of the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, would be defeated at the polls.
He said: “We are out now in politics and we will see where Obaseki has a shield and we are waiting for him in this election.
“I can tell you that the people don’t want Asue Ighodalo; even his own people in Ewohimi don’t want him because he can’t speak their language.”
‘Obaseki Was Not A Politician, I Made Him Governor’
Meanwhile, Philip Shaibu has berated Governor Godwin Obaseki for failing to recognise the court judgment on his reinstatement to office.
Naija News recalls that the duo have been at loggerheads over issues regarding the governorship election in the state.
In an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Shaibu said he was asked to be Obaseki’s deputy to add political value to the party’s ticket because the Governor was not a politician.
Shaibu also stated that it took former governor, Adams Oshiomhole, three months to convince him to support Obaseki to become governor.
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