The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, announced his intention to run for governor in the upcoming 2024 election on the Peoples Democratic Party platform. He claimed that, having worked with Governor Godwin Obaseki to improve the state for the last seven years and having thirty years of political experience, he was in the best position to succeed his principal.
The deputy governor called for support from the electorate and party members, promising to provide realistic government if elected governor of the state in 2024. He made his announcement at the Bishop Kelly Centre in Benin, describing himself as a home boy who understands the suffering of the people.
“Nobody can stop my ambition,” he claimed.
Speaking on his accomplishments as a member of the House of Assembly prior to his election as a federal politician in the House of Representatives, Shaibu said, “I just want to appreciate all of you. We have started the journey and I decided together with all of us that after the consultation, we needed to make the answer to our consultation known to Edo people and the answer is clear.
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“They (Edo people) have asked me to go and run and they said I am the one they see not just as a street boy but original own boy that can live there.
“I can assure you that by the grace of God, we will deliver practical governance.”
With a pledge to “hit the ground running,” Shaibu, who stated he would fortify the agriculture sector, committed to carrying out projects around the state where Obaseki left off.
At the Eterno Hotel, the state governor’s allies, who had also scheduled an event there, took over the hotel, preventing the deputy governor, who had originally intended to announce his interest in running for the upcoming 2024 governorship election on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, from entering the venue.
