Despite their political disagreements, Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo, has stated that he will to apologise to former governor Adams Oshiomhole for their long-lasting father-son connection.
Newsmen watched Shaibu’s Tuesday appearance on Channels TV Sunrise Daily, during which the news was made.
Shaibu stressed that his disagreement with Oshiomhole started during the 2020 governorship race. Shaibu has announced his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidature for governor of California in the 2024 election.
He said he would be happy to apologise for any offensive words used throughout the contentious campaign.
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Shaibu praised Governor Godwin Obaseki for inviting Oshiomhole to political events and for starting the process of healing.
He stated, “My relationship with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is cordial. When I mean cordial, he is still my father. Political, we are in different political parties.
“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.”
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“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,” he concluded.
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