By Fola James
Uncertainty pervades the future of Edo state Deputy Governor, Phillip Shuaibu in the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP which he, like Governor Godwin Obaseki his principal, joined few hours ago.
In spite of this, Shuaibu said it was better to leave the All Progressives Congress, APC than to suffer under the leadership of Adams Oshiomhole, the suspended National chairman of the party, who he described as a tyrant.
Governor Obaseki and his deputy left APC after the governor was disqualified from contesting the party’s governorship primary.
The duo has been welcome by PDP stalwarts, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar into the party.
The magazine had earlier reported that one of the conditions given to Governor Obaseki by PDP leaders was to ditch his deputy and pick a long term member of the party as his deputy.
In spite of this, Shuaibu said leaving the All Progressives Congress, APC was a good riddance to bad rubbish.
While fielding questions from journalist, in Benin, the state’s capital, immediately after picking up his membership card, the deputy governor said he was not certain of what to meet in the PDP,
He stated, however that leaving the APC was a good decision, because Oshiomhole made their former party a living hell for him and his principal.
According to the deputy governor “I have a mixed feeling with this action. First, one struggled to form a party and after forming that party, those that benefitted from the party took over the party and became tyrants. It is not always easy that after one helped to form and nurture a party, one individual would say he is an Adolf Hitler in the system and becomes undemocratic. That was what happened in the APC.”
He said their supporters were happy that they joined the PDP.
“Some of us believe in the people. We believe that people must lead at all times. Because of that, we cannot afford to abandon this state for people like that. That is why we decided to abandon them in APC and join the PDP today,” Shuaibu said.
Meanwhile, Governor Obaseki has named a street in the state, former Adams Oshiomole Crescent to Bukola Saraki Boulevard.
