Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has said Governor Godwin Obaseki should have discussed his choice of a successor with him, accusing his principal of “intimidation” and “harassment”.
Shaibu made this known on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme yesterday.
He insisted that despite his not-so-smooth association with his principal, it is his constitutional right to contest the number one office in the state.
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The deputy governor said” “He (Obaseki) said I am the type of deputy governor any governor will wish to have. So, what has changed? What has changed simply is that I want to be the governor of Edo State.
“Possibly, maybe he (Obaseki) wants somebody else. In a situation like that, what you do is not intimidation, it is not harassment; you call a family together, you call all of us (aspirants) together and give us reasons why you feel certain things should be. Tell us what you want. You don’t intimidate, you don’t harass.”