The reinstated deputy governor of Edo, Philip Shaibu has said that he was asked to be Godwin Obaseki’s running mate in 2016 in order to bring political value to the ticket.
Shaibu, whilst speaking on Friday when he featured on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’, said that Edo’s governor, Obaseki, didn’t have both political experience and financial resources required to contest the election.
Both men have been at loggerheads. This is as a result of their differing views on the state’s gubernatorial contest.
“We made Obaseki governor. Obaseki was not a politician, and Obaseki was not financially strong enough to contest the election. Oshiomhole brought him, and when Oshiomhole brought him, some of us argued that it could not be him,” Shaibu said.
“It took Oshiomhole three months to convince some of our supporters and me to support Obaseki. And when we decided because of Oshiomhole, because of our respect for him, to support him (Obaseki), he did not bring money. We brought our resources and our friends to bring money and we brought our political capital to make him governor.
“He is not the one that made me; I made him. I was asked to be his deputy to add political value because he was not a politician.”