Edo 2024: I’m not ready to support PDP Candidate – Shaibu

The former Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has vowed not to support the Peoples Democratic Party candidate in Edo 2024 governorship election.

Shaibu disclosed this in an exclusive interview published by Punch Newspaper on Saturday.

He accused Governor Godwin Obaseki of manipulating PDP primary election for Edo 2024 to favor Asue Igbadolo.

His words: “I am not ready to support the governorship candidate of the party, Asue Ighodalo, and until the PDP does the needful, I may not be able to answer the question. I cannot support him because he didn’t open up to me about his ambition despite asking him several times, including at my house.

“The last time I asked was in November. So, I was taken aback when he spoke on TV that he was being pushed to run. I called him and asked who was pushing him to run, but he told me to ignore the report and that it was a social media thing.

“But his younger brother, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, said that the move to make his elder brother the governor of Edo State started two years ago. Edo State needs a “homeboy” to govern them, not people who will rent houses during their tenure and leave as soon as it ends.”

According to him, Obaseki who fought godfatherism together with us has now brought Ighodalo as his godson.

Speaking on his impeachment, Shaibu said he did not attend panel hearing in compliance with court order.

“I couldn’t have attended because it would amount to disobeying a court order. If the court told them to come and show cause before it proceeded; so, going to the panel would mean that I was going against the court.” He added

The former Federal Lawmaker called for review of the constitution to protect the deputy governors, hinting that he sending proposal to the National Assembly.