Edo Impeachment: Shaibu Melts, Vows To Swim, Sink With Obaseki

THE deputy governor of Edo State, Rt. Hon Philip Shaibu has denied reports of plans to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC) vowing to sink and swim with Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Shaibu spoke after reports emerged on Thursday that he had finalised plans to defect to the APC with the party’s National Working Committee, NWC reportedly set to receive him early next week.

GWG.ng had earlier reported that the deputy governor won a 10 day lifeline from the Federal High Court ordering Obaseki, the State House of Assembly and others not to commence impeachment procedures against him until August 22.

Dismissing the alleged plan by the deputy governor to defect, his Chief Press Secretary, Musa Ebomhiana said the architects of the story were hack writers and mischief makers who were bent on destabilizing the state.

He said “They will stop at nothing to widen the gulf between Mr Governor, His Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu. They have generated more lies from the pit of hell, saying that Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu has perfected plans to rejoin the All-Progressives Congress, APC next week. There is no iota of truth in this.

“To further put a lie to this, the spin doctors claimed that the APC National Working Committee, NWC is set to receive him in Abuja. The question here for the discerning minds is that, is it the NWC of a party that receives a decamped into the party? Shaibu has never minced words, vowing to sink and swim with his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki. This, he has said severally at public fora. In view of this, I plead with these characters bent on driving a wedge between Comrade Philip Shaibu and his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki to put the Edo project and the people far above their own selfish interest,” Shaibu declared in his renewed vow to sink or swim with Obaseki.

In an earlier statement, Musa also disowned comments credited to Shiabu where he was said to have given reasons why he had not discussed the rift between him and his boss with anyone.

Musa said the story “is nothing but the imagination of the supposed hack writers and mischief makers. I wish to place on record that the Deputy Governor, Rt Hon Comrade Philip Shaibu has been on annual vacation, he has not granted any interview and he has not authorized anybody to speak for him to either online or any traditional news medium. According to him ” I’m able to speak for myself, I have not authorized anybody to speak for me and I have not granted any press interviews. The statement credited to me is fake.” In view of this, I wish to admonish discerning members of the public to be wary of mischief makers, especially at this time.”

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