The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has boasted that he will be victorious in the forthcoming governorship election in the state.
Shaibu stated this during a TVC programme on Monday evenin few hours after he made a formal announcement, expressing his desire to compete for the Peoples Democratic Party ticket in the forthcoming party primaries.
According to him, he would definitely defeat the preferred candidate of the state governor, Godwin Obaseki.
“Definitely, I’ll defeat the so-called candidate of the governor, not because I have the power, but because Edo people want their own and I am their own. Edo people do not want importation; they want their own.
“The problem I have with the governor is that he has allowed certain individuals that have interest in governance to come between us.
“He is managing in his own style and the way he feels he can manage it. I am also managing it the way I feel I can manage it.
“When I said I was pressed, but not distressed, I understand the kind of intimidation and oppression I have gone through,” the deputy governor said.
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