The deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, said he made Governor Godwin Obaseki and not that the governor made him.
Shuaibu made this claim when speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today
“He is not the one that made me; I made him. I was asked to be his deputy to add political value because he was not a politician,” he said.
The deputy also gave his account of how his estranged principal got into office, “We made Obaseki governor. Obaseki was not a politician, and Obaseki was not financially strong enough to contest the election. Oshiomhole brought him, and when Oshiomhole brought him, some of us argued that it could not be him.
“It took Oshiomhole three months to convince some of our supporters and me to support Obaseki. And when we decided because of Oshiomhole, because of our respect for him, to support him (Obaseki), he did not bring money. We brought our resources and our friends to bring money and we brought our political capital to make him governor.”
