The deputy governor said, “There is no problem with PDP. I can assure you that if PDP wants to win this year’s election, the people have made their choice, and their choice is Comrade Philip Shaibu as their candidate. Anything short of Philip Shaibu as their candidate that means PDP is not ready to win Edo state. They have spoken very loud and what they did today is an expression of what they want in Edo. And the will of the people cannot be subverted, and if you attempt to subvert the will of the people, the consequence is that you will lose the election.”
In a bid to prove his authenticity as the PDP representative for the elections, he said, “What makes me the authentic candidate Is just like the governor just said. PDP is a party that follows rules, and the rules of the party says that delegates have to be elected and those delegates that are elected will in turn elect the party flag bearer. So, the authentic delegates that were elected in the last delegate election elected me today as the flag bearer of PDP. The other factional primaries that took place, I would see it as cosmetic.
