Edo State deputy governor, Hon. Philip Shaibu, said Friday that Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will lose the governorship election, if the party fails to make him the candidate.
Shaibu who had a fallout with governor Godwin Obaseki due to his declared interest to contest the governorship election billed for September 21 submitted that the Edo people will reject Asue Ighodalo who won the PDP primary Thursday.
“The option is for the PDP not to go and argue against my candidacy, if they do that PDP will lose Edo State. Edo people do not want Asue Ighodalo to be the governor of Edo State because he is not a homeboy they know,” Shaibu who emerged as governorship candidate in a splinter primary told Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday
“They are looking for someone that they know, somebody they can feel, somebody they can touch. PDP has a date with history, delegates have spoken that they want Shuaibu and I can bet you that the other eight aspirants will support Shuaibu if they back him.
“If the party decides to join us in court to argue for Ighodalo then PDP then winning Edo State for PDP will be shaky because Asue will not be accepted by the people,”
Meanwhile, Ighodalo stated that he is not bothered by Shaibu’s antics.
“We went through the proper process. I’m not worried about Philip Shaibu’s emergence as a parallel candidate,” he said on Thursday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today hours after his declaration as the winner of the exercise.
“The National Working Committee (NWC) did everything in accordance with the rule of law. From what I have seen, due process was followed. That some people did not agree with it does not mean it is not the right process.”
