Breaking Edo Guber: Deputy Gov’s Future Uncertain After Dumping APC

By Tosin Olatokunbo

The Deputy Governor of Edo state, Phillip Shuaibu has resigned from the All Progressives Congress, APC, few hours after his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki announced he had left the party.

The development came on the crest of suggestions of plans by the governor to dump him for another candidate in case he wins the nomination as the candidate of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP.

Shuaibu has stuck with the governor in his rift with the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, which eventually led to Obaseki’s disqualification to contest the party’s governorship primary on June 21.

Governor Obaseki was, last week, disqualified by the party’s screening committee over what it called his defective certificates.

The governor said his certificates are intact.

In a terse statement to the state chapter of the APC, the deputy governor said he’s no longer a member of the party.

Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo state, has resigned his membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

He said his resignation takes immediate effect.

According to him, he decided “pursuant to Article 9.5 (i) of the Constitution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to formally resign my Membership of the All Progressives Congress and to inform you of my formal withdrawal from all or any of its proceedings and processes whatsoever.”

Meanwhile, the magazine has learnt from competent sources in the PDP that one of the conditions given to Governor Obaseki, to run under its banner, is to dump his deputy for another candidate to be nominated by the party.

But an aide to the governor, who did not want his name mentioned said” Governor Obaseki is still consulting on the issue, very soon you will all know where we are going.”

The Edo helmsman, had after meeting President Muhammadu Buhari today in Aso Villa, said he will decide on the party to contest the governorship election.