By Hadiza Suleman
The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has finally dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the All Progressives Congress.
Shaibu, elected on the platform of the PDP, was reinstated as deputy governor after his court victory. He officially returned to the APC on Saturday in Benin City. He was joined by prominent members of the Dan Orbih-led Legacy Group of the PDP.
He said, “On behalf of the Legacy Group, I announce our movement to the APC. We have come to add value to the party.
“It is time to take back our state. We will not talk too much because action will speak for us. We are not afraid. We are ready to move forward.
“We, the homeboys, are ready to take our state back through the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, and his running mate, Dennis Idahosa.”
Shaibu who got to the venue at about 2:08 pm and walked straight to where former governor of the state, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, was seated and knelt before him, added that, “We are not troublemakers, but if it comes, we will use it to rub our body, and we move on.”
He had on Friday said his spirit was no longer in the PDP.
