Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu on Tuesday derided his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, insisting that the governor should have discussed his succession plan with him instead of ‘intimidating’ him.
Shaibu, stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Tuesday, saying it was his constitutional right to contest for the office of governor.
Ripples Nigeria reports that Shaibu, who before now had a running battle with Obaseki over his governorship ambition, officially declared to run for the state governorship election on September 21, 2024, on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday.
