What I Will Do To Oshiomhole – Shaibu Speaks

What I Will Do To Oshiomhole – Shaibu Speaks

Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, expressed that despite the events during the 2020 governorship election, former Governor Adams Oshiomhole remains like a father to him.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily program on Tuesday, Shaibu stated his intention to apologize to Oshiomhole for certain inappropriate words used during the election.

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The rift between Shaibu and Governor Godwin Obaseki began when Shaibu congratulated Oshiomhole on his 2023 senatorial election victory.

Both Shaibu and Obaseki were once allies of Oshiomhole, but their political association faced challenges leading up to the 2020 governorship election due to accusations of ‘godfatherism’ against the ex-labour leader.

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Despite being in different political parties now, with Shaibu officially declaring his candidacy for the 2024 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), he highlighted that their relationship has improved. Shaibu acknowledged regret for some words he used against Oshiomhole during the last election, emphasizing the cordiality in their present relationship.

“My relationship with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is cordial. When I mean cordial, he is still my father. Political, we are in different political parties,” the PDP governorship aspirant said.

“I am happy that the governor (Obaseki) has started inviting the former governor (Oshiomhole) and my father to political functions. That is what I have been praying for.

“And now that he has started, I think that the next step is for me to reach him and also first apologise to him (Oshiomhole) for some use of words during the election but in terms of principle of supporting Obaseki, I will still support Obaseki because God told me that is the right thing to do.

“One of the crises that I had was when I went to the Senate to congratulate Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and I was seen in a viral video. That was where my headache started because the governor’s style is that a friend of the governor, you must be friend to him and an enemy to the governor, you must be enemy to him. I understand that principle and I am being careful.

“What I was waiting for was for the governor to make that move because I will not make that move if the governor had not made the move. Now that he has made the move to be inviting Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, I am emboldened to go and see him,” Shaibu said.

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