Edo: Fresh Crisis Brews As Shuaibu Reveals Tension Between Himself, Obaseki

A fresh full-blown crisis is brewing between Philip Shaibu, the Edo State Deputy Governor and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, The Matrix has gathered.

The deputy governor who had had a running battle wit Governor Obaseki over succession plans Tuesday dropped a bombshell that he has not received the allocation to his office in the last six months.

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Shaibu insisted that he has been running the office on personal sacrifices and goodwill.

More worrisome, he confirmed that there is a tension between him and the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.

Shaibu spoke at the commissioning of the secretariat of the Correspondents Chapel of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) in Benin City on Tuesday.

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“I am your ambassador anywhere I am. This is not because of politics, but because of what you have done to save my life in the cause of doing your work,” Shaibu said.

“I would have done more, but you know there is tension between the governor, (Obaseki), and I and for six months, no allocation to my office, so whatever I am doing is contributions from friends and my goodwill and I am still standing very strong, I will continue to be strong, because for me, Edo should be one, Edo at every time should be paramount in our minds.

“I wouldn’t have been deputy governor today if I am not alive, but there was a journalist that investigated and wrote a report, saved my life in the hands of the military.”