The recently reinstated deputy governor of Edo state, Philip Shaibu, has issued a veiled threat to Governor Godwin Obaseki, warning he will “expose” some of the governor’s atrocities if he does not call his supporters to order.
Shaibu issued the threat in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of the state, where he attended Mass to kick-off the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria. Shaibu who recently defected to the All-Progressives Congress said he has tolerated the antics of the governor and insults from his supporters for more than 15 months and warned them to desist or face the consequences.
The Deputy Governor also charged religious leaders in the state to stop honouring politicians with titles and hold them to account, describing the title of “God’s Servant Governor,” bestowed on Obaseki, describing it as unmerited and a misnomer.
Shaibu insisted that the Edo governor’s actions were antithetical to the values of servant leadership, particularly his fighting the church, revoking poor citizens’ Certificates of Occupancy (C of O), demolishing homes of opposition politicians, fighting political leaders, disregarding the rule of law, depriving elected officials of their duties, denying citizens access to good roads, hiding federal government palliatives meant for the poor, embezzling public funds, inflating contracts, making unfulfilled promises, imposing governorship candidates on the people, and unleashing thugs on opposition parties.
He implored Christians, especially the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, not to become complicit in the perpetuation of injustice.
