UPDATE: Obaseki Is Proud Of Me – Philip Shaibu Spills

Embattled Governor Godwin Obaseki, the principal of Edo State’s deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, has expressed his pride in him as a person and for his performance on every task assigned.

But the deputy governor pointed out that the one mistake Shaibu had made was announcing his desire to run for office.

As previously reported by Anaedoonline.ng, Shaibu formally declared his desire to run for governor of the state in 2024.

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Shaibu announced his plan on Monday during a press conference in the state capital of Benin.

Tuesday morning, Shaibu was interviewed live on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme. He claimed he was puzzled as to why people believed he wouldn’t get the PDP ticket.

“I can assure you I will secure the ticket. I am a party man to the core,” Shaibu noted during the interview.

He added: “They tried to push me out of the PDP. They did everything. They even announced that I would be declaring a particular day. And the day they announced I would be declaring, I was actually with my family enjoying my vacation.

“I am not even having a conversation with anybody. Their game was to put pressure on me, get me angry, and I will leave the party for them. Unfortunately, I am not somebody that you will use pressure to get me out.

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“I am emboldened with the commitment to serve. I don’t do things because I will directly benefit. I do things because I look at everybody in that chain. I am a team player, and when I see what the generality of what our people are saying is correct…

“The Governor is proud of me…there’s no assignment I have been given that I haven’t done well. What I have done (wrong) is say that I want to be the state’s governor.”

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