‘I’m Unstoppable’, Philip Shaibu Declares For 2024 Edo Governorship Race
After months of controversy and uproar, Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, bit the bullet on Monday when he officially declared to run for the 2024 governorship election in the state.
The deputy governor made his declaration at the Biohop Kelly Centre, Benin City, on Monday morning.
He said he is unstoppable in the forthcoming election.
He said he had worked with Governor Godwin Obaseki in the last seven years to lay the foundation for the development of Edo state.
Shaibu said he was aware of the need of the greater Edo people for a more inclusive government which is “the government of the Edo people, by the Edo people, and for the Edo people”.
After his official declaration, Shaibu launched his campaign office in Benin City, the state capital.
The 53-year-old politician said he has put his life on the line for the development and growth of the state and he was determined to make the South-South state great again.
Shaibu, who has been having a running battle with his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, for sometime over his political ambition, said though he was persecuted, he was not crushed.
Shaibu is from Edo North Senatorial District, the same district as ex-governor of the state and current lawmaker representing the district in the 10th National Assembly, Adams Oshiomhole.
Both Obaseki and Shaibu were once allies of Oshiomhole but the political association among them tumbled towards the 2020 governorship election when the ex-labour leader was accused of ‘godfatherism’ which he denied.
Obaseki and Shaibu survived their re-election which had Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who was backed by Oshiomhole and other APC heavyweights including ex-governor of Lagos State, Bola Tinubu.
