Governor Godwin Obaseki has revealed why he could not risk supporting his former deputy, Philip Shaibu to succeed him as the governor of Edo State.
According to Obaseki, the political permutations in the state did not favour Shaibu to take over from him.
The Governor stated this in an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Monday.
Speaking on the matter, Obaseki said, “For me, I did not understand where the ambition was coming from because it was clear that the odds were not in his favour in terms of succeeding me and I made it very clear.
“So, I could not take any risk on his ambition because I have to protect the Edo people. So, I could not take that risk on Edo people.”
Recall that Shaibu and Obaseki were at the crossfire over the former’s Edo State governorship ambition.
The former deputy governor was later impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly for allegedly leaking government information.
Shaibu had described the development as an attack on the country’s democracy, in the wake of his impeachment.
