Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu says the outcome of the just concluded governorship election in the state justified his claims that the incumbent Governor, Goodwin Obaseki was unpopular.
Shaibu, who spoke on Monday during a program on Arise TV, claimed that Obaseki has never won any election by himself, stressing that the governor was always helped to victory.
DAILY POST reports that the Deputy governor, who fell out with his boss following his ambition to contest for the 2024 gubernatorial election supported the candidate of the All Progressives Congress.
Recall that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC on Sunday declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of APC winner of the Saturday election.
Okpebholo garnered 291,667 votes to defeat Obaseki’s anointed candidate, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who also got 247,274 votes.
Reacting to the election, Shaibu said he feels “vindicated”, stating that Obaseki ought to have learnt his lessons from the events.
He urged the governor to apologize to the people of the state, particularly those he kicked out of his government