Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he cannot determine the fate of his deputy, Philip Shaibu, who declared on Monday, to run for the governorship seat of the state.<\/p>\n
He said that the millions of supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state can determine his fate.<\/p>\n
Obaseki stated this in an interview with journalists at the end of a closed-door meeting he, alongside the former Akwa Ibom State Governor, Emmanuel Udom, had with Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, at the Ramat House, on Thursday.<\/p>\n
When asked why they were in Bauchi, he said that they came to discuss issues relating to the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe came to see Governor Bala and as you know, he\u2019s our Chairman, Chairman of the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum, so we decided to come and see him this afternoon, to congratulate him on his victory and discuss some issues relating to the PDP Governors\u2019 Forum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Asked if their discussion had anything to do with his relationship with his deputy, he said \u201cthat is part of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also discussed many other issues relating to our party as a whole and the state of the country. And as you know, things are not as we want them to be. We will keep rubbing minds to see how we can support the administration and save this country by reducing the suffering of Nigerians.<\/p>\n
About his relationship with his deputy, Obaseki said, \u201cThe relationship as you know, has been cordial. He (Philip) wants to run for the office I currently occupy and he is free to. I think as a Nigerian, he has the constitutional right to run, nobody can or should stop him.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe party will decide and also members of the party will decide who will be the flag bearer of the party in the forthcoming governorship election.\u201d<\/p>\n
When asked whether he would support him, Obaseki said, \u201cI\u2019m only one out of millions of our party members in Edo state. I don\u2019t think my vote alone will determine whether he becomes the party\u2019s flag bearer.\u201d<\/p>\n
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has said that he cannot determine the fate of his deputy, Philip Shaibu, who declared on Monday, to run for the governorship seat of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107856,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n