In the aftermath of the just-concluded governorship election in Edo State, the deputy governor of the state, Philip Shaibu, has mocked Governor Godwin Obaseki over the result of the poll.
Obaseki surprisingly lost his local government, Oredo Local Government Area to the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC.)
Reacting to the outcome of the poll on Arise TV on Monday, Shaibu noted that Obaseki had never won an election, stressing that he (Shaibu) has been helping him achieve the victories he had recorded so far.
The deputy governor, who said he felt vindicated after Obaseki lost his local government area for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), however, stated that he holds no grudge against the outgoing governor.
Shaibu also stated that the APC’s victory vindicated him against those who claimed he couldn’t win the election.
Hear him: “I feel vindicated; even the governor couldn’t win his local government. I won my unit, ward, and local government. Where are the governor’s results? He has never won; we always assisted him”
Shaibu also advised the governor to seek forgiveness from the numerous people he has offended and apologize to people of the state.
He said, “What is left now is for him to go back and start begging and apologizing to the people of Edo State and he has a lot of them that he needs to go and apologize to.”
The governorship election was won by the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, who defeated Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.
The APC candidate polled 291,667 votes, while Ighodalo and Akpata got 247,274 and 22,763 votes respectively.
