Comrade Philip Shaibu, who was impeached and reinstated as deputy Governor of Edo State has announced his return to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shaibu, who had before now declared his intention to run for the governorship election in the state under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has now declared his support for the APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, following his return to the party.
Shaibu, disclosed this over the weekend at a forum in the United States of America (USA) as he lamented that he joined the PDP because of Governor Godwin Obaseki. He also noted that he returned to the APC because of Obaseki.
He said: “Elections are coming and I would like you to be interested. You see that I have moved from the PDP back to the APC.”
“I moved to the PDP because of the governor (Obaseki) and I am back in the APC because of the governor.”
“I wanted to become the governor and they said they would destroy me if I continued to nurse that ambition. They have done everything but God has kept me alive.”
“I was impeached but I knew I would come to this programme as the deputy governor. I have been reinstated and my impeachment was part of intimidation and harassment, which I have gone through. We must begin to look for ways to salvage our country.”
