Panic as powerful deputy gov faces assassination, details emerge

  • Philip Shaibu, the impeached deputy governor of Edo state who was recently reinstated, has survived an assassination attack in Benin, the state capital
  • Shaibu, who was being accompanied by the APC governorship candidate in the September governorship election in the state, was attacked at the airport road on Thursday, July 18
  • The attack happened barely 24 hours after the court reverted his sacking as the depi=uty governor of the state

Comrade Philip Shaibu, the reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, was attacked by gunmen in Benin City, the state capital, on Thursday, July 18.

Shaibu’s convoy was attacked on Airport Road, where the APC governorship candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo, accompanied him.