Edo State deputy governor, Comrade Phillip Shaibu, made his first official appearance and pledged his loyalty to Governor Godwin Obaseki after a state function on Sunday.
Shaibu, who spoke shortly after the thanksgiving service organised to mark the 32nd year anniversary of the creation of Edo State, described Governor Obaseki as his elder brother and would not want to discuss whatever differences they had with the media.
The deputy governor has a case pending before an Abuja Federal High Court, where he had gone to seek relief to halt his speculative impeachment by his principal, Governor Obaseki, the Edo State House of Assembly, and a few others.
Shaibu, since the rifts became public discourse, had not personally spoken on the matter and has for almost a month now been away from the state, a situation Obaseki alluded to while speaking with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)’s stakeholders in Edo North Senatorial District penultimate week, that Shaibu travelled out of the country without informing him.
Obaseki also expressed shock at his deputy’s action and accused him of plotting a coup against him.
Shaibu, while speaking at an interview during an interdenominational thanksgiving service to mark the Midwest Referendum and 32nd anniversary of Edo State, held at the New Festival Hall, Government House, Benin City, declared his unalloyed loyalty to ObasekiÂ
