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Philip Shaibu, the reinstated deputy governor of Edo, says he was asked to be Godwin Obaseki’s running mate in 2016 to bring political value to the ticket.
Both politicians have been embroiled in a rift stemming from their conflicting views on the state’s gubernatorial contest. “He is not the one that made me; I made him. I was asked to be his deputy to add political value because he was not a politician.”The deputy governor said Obaseki has shown Nigerians that he is lawless.
“The holder of the office of the governor in Edo state today is lawless, Godwin Obaseki is lawless. If he is not lawless, he will not say Philip Shaibu is impersonating because there is a valid court judgment that he has been served,” he said.‘PDP CANDIDATE CAN’T SPEAK HIS LANGUAGE’
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