Philip Aivoji, the Lagos State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said, Philip Shaibu, the recently ousted deputy governor of Edo State, can still become governor.
He made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos, where he appealed to the ex-deputy governor to remain in the party and hand over everything to God.
He said: “What we are concerned about is winning Edo back for PDP. The impeached deputy governor needs to be patient and hand over everything to God.
“Whatever happens, no one ever can tell, he (Shaibu) can still become the governor in a future. He should not leave the party.
“That is my advice because it is the party that brought him up. When he became the deputy governor, there were millions of people who could have become the deputy governor before the party picked him.
“Since this has happened, he should look for a way of mending fences to actualise his dream of becoming the governor. He can still become the governor.”
The relationship between Shaibu and Governor Godwin Obaseki, his principal, became strained when the former made known his intention to succeed him as governor.
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