Edo Guber: Drama As Deputy Gov Taunts Obaseki After PDP’s Defeat, Says “He Told Us to Go to Hell”

• The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, has disclosed why the outgoing governor Godwin Obaseki recorded a major defeat in Saturday's election
• Shaibu said the governor lost out due to his rift with top key political allies who were behind his rise to power as Edo's two-term governor
• APC candidate Monday Okpebholo emerged as the winner of the Edo election after defeating Obaseki’s preferred PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo

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The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, has taken a swipe at his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki.

Shaibu laughed at Obaseki following the recent defeat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, in the just-concluded Edo governorship election.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared that Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was the winner of the election on Sunday, September 22.

Okpebholo won the election with 291,667 votes, defeating Obaseki’s preferred PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes.

Okpebholo's victory: Shaibu slams Obaseki

Reacting, Shaibu, in an interview with Arise TV on Monday, September 23, said Obaseki’s defeat was due to his alienation of key political allies who had initially supported his rise to power.

He noted that Obaseki’s refusal to collaborate with important allies and his autocratic style created widespread discontent among his supporters.

As reported by The Nigerian Tribune, Shaibu also accused Obaseki of telling him and nine others who contested in the PDP’s primary gubernatorial election to ‘go to hell’ for all he cared.

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"Today, the game-changer is that all of us whom God put together to assist Obaseki in becoming governor during his first and second terms. Obaseki has offended all of us and pushed us to the extent that we were forced out of the PDP," Shaibu said.

Read more about the Edo election here:

• Edo elections results: Full list of LGAs won by PDP's Asue Ighodalo
• Tinubu reacts as APC's Okpebholo wins Edo poll
• Okpebholo's victory: Adamawa gov condemns Edo election, "I weep for Nigeria's democracy

Edo guber: Obaseki reacts to APC, Okpebholo's victory

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Governor Godwin Obaseki urged citizens in the state to maintain calm and not resort to violence and destruction of property.

Obaseki made the call in his brief broadcast while reacting to the declaration of Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the APC, as the winner of the 2024 governorship election.

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