Former deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has declared support for the opposition, All Progressives Congress, APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, in the upcoming September 21 governorship election in Edo state.
According to Shaibu, the governorship race started with three homeboys – himself, Okpebholo, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.
He said and I QUOTE, “I need the government to return to homeboys – people who understand our plight, people who understand what the people are feeling. Even the United Nations talks about the need for assessment. We don’t want outsiders, we have experimented with outsiders and it’s not working. So, this time around, we want homeboy,” END QUOTE
Shaibu insisted that since he had dropped out of the race, his preferred choice from the remaining homeboys in Okpebholo.
He noted that Edo governor, Godwin Obaseki has said everyone was free to choose who to support in any election, which is his reason for coming out publicly to back the APC governorship candidate in the election despite his PDP membership.
