Eko Hot Blog reports that Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, has declared that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will lose the upcoming 2024 governorship election if they fail to nominate him as their candidate.
Shaibu made the statement during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily show on Friday. Two separate primaries were held on Thursday – Asue Ighodalo won the official primary while Shaibu won a parallel one.
“The option is for the PDP not to go and argue against my candidacy, if they do that PDP will lose Edo State. Edo people do not want Asue Ighodalo to be the governor of Edo State because he is not a homeboy they know,” Shaibu said.
He claimed Ighodalo would not be accepted by the people and that the other eight aspirants would back him if the party nominated Shaibu.
Shaibu criticized the legitimacy of the primary won by Ighodalo, stating it was organized by biased state party officials rather than the national executive. He insisted he was elected by the authentic local delegates.
“I was elected by the authentic delegates, what is key is who are those that elected the governor’s preferred candidate Asue and who are those that elected Philip Shaibu? I think in the coming days we will know who among them are authentic,” Shaibu remarked.
He also acknowledged having a strained relationship currently with Governor Godwin Obaseki, potentially due to Shaibu’s own governorship ambitions.
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