Erstwhile Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has distanced himself from the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo.
Shaibu, who spoke on Sunday at the conclusion 2024 Father’s Day celebration at Saint Paul’s Catholic Church in Benin City, said he prefers to support a ‘homeboy’.
He claimed the governorship race began with himself and two other homeboys – Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP).
Shuaibu, however, chose to pitch his tent with Okpebholo of the APC as a vote for PDP will drag the state back to the Era of Godfatherism.
“Today, I came in as a homeboy. We have only two homeboys in the major political parties in Edo State. One is in Labour, and one is in APC, and I choose to follow another homeboy in the APC,” he stated.
“The man they are parading in the PDP is an outsider, and we have also agreed that there is no more godfatherism in Edo.
“So, the man the PDP is trying to portray in Edo now is the godson of Obaseki, and there is no way a godson will now be governor of Edo.”
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