Comrade Philip Shaibu, the former deputy governor of Edo State, has come clean about his stupid loyalty to former governor Godwin Obaseki in order to ensure the administration’s success. #EdoDecides2024: Philip Shaibu Makes Fun of Edo Governor: Obaseki Has Never Won, We Always Helped Him Shaibu, a former president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), claimed in an interview with Sunday Sun that all of his actions during his time in office were motivated by principles rather than expediency.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
The former member of the House of Representatives noted that he kept playing a fool even when his relationship with Obaseki was not so friendly. He declared that he supported Obaseki’s reelection campaign even though he was not granted the privileges of his post.
“What people see outside is different from what is inside,” stated Philip Shaibu. It’s similar to marriage, you see. It either works because of the husband or because of the woman. In order for a relationship to succeed, one must be a fool. Thus, I was the idiot in Obaseki’s administration. To make it work, I made a fool of myself in his government. Since Comrade informed me right away during that budget controversy that I had no voice and was therefore bound by Obaseki’s decisions, I told myself, “Okay, no problem, I will be a fool for this man.”
At the end of the day, though, I will not be a fool. I therefore began organizing myself on that day. “Well, I’ll make sure loyalty is 100%; I’ll be foolishly loyal,” I said. I would be stupidly faithful, I told myself. And because of what was said from the beginning, I was genuinely foolishly faithful. Therefore, everyone agreed that Philip is faithful at the end of the day. In fact, I was foolishly faithful. And I really do mean it when I say faithful.
“This is my home. I haven’t purchased anything extra for this house in eight years. I can’t think of anything that I’ve purchased in this house since I was appointed deputy governor. That was my level of stupidity. I was only able to pay my salaries and overhead. And for that reason, the incoming governor’s committee has finished its work. Neither my name nor my proxy will appear in any government transaction. Aside from my government income and overhead, I deliberately avoided all financial transactions. To the extent that I didn’t even have an official vehicle, I was that stupid.
I used the car I purchased with my House of Representatives auto loan for the first three years of my tenure as deputy governor. When I was a member of the House of Representatives, I purchased the Land Cruiser with the flag and the deputy governor’s crest on it. Since I had to drive to my constituency from there, I purchased an armored Land Cruiser. When I was appointed deputy governor, that car was just six months old. I had to ask them to drive the automobile from Abuja to Benin since the government wasn’t purchasing cars and other things, and they put the flag and the
My security guard’s vehicle was the same vehicle used by both Imasuen and Odubu’s wives. The female mechanic, who is still alive, came to the Deputy Governor’s lodge and towed the vehicles to her workshop, where they were fixed. For some of them, we had to replace the gearbox and engine, and for others, we had to cut the head and replace it.
I used four Hilux vehicles during my first term as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. She was able to use her skills to revive them and keep the Deputy Governor’s convoy going. Two of the vehicles I had already abandoned as a Majority Leader needed to have their engines fixed, and we had to go buy another one for the House of Representatives while we were campaigning.
Therefore, despite everything, I continued to support his return because I think he should have been given a second term. I did what I did on principle because I didn’t want anything to change the flow—Edo North had just been given eight years, therefore a Benin man would now want to. If it was based on materialism, I should have been on Oshiomhole’s side to have my pound of flesh for not even enabling me to access my entitlements.
“I never used medical allowance in my eight years. Throughout my first and second terms, I never took advantage of the furniture allowance, not even during the so-called 22 or 28 days. In eight years, both my family and I, none of us. Thank God for healthy health. None of us accessed any medical… Furthermore, these are not privileges but rather constitutional rights. Although I told you that I was living in my own home and not in Government House, it is supposed to be a part of my earnings. I spent eight years living in my home in Benin.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
