Comrade Philip Shaibu, the court-reinstated deputy governor of Edo, has said that in 2016, Governor Godwin Obaseki had neither money nor political weight to win the election.

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Shaibu said he and others brought their money, political capital, and value to make Obaseki governor after Senator Adams Oshiomhole convinced them to support him.

Shaibu spoke Friday on Channels TV’s ‘Politics Today’.

According to him, Governor Obaseki lacked both political experience and financial resources to contest the election in 2016.

Shaibu said: “We made Obaseki governor. Obaseki was not a politician, and was not financially strong enough to contest the election.

“Oshiomhole brought him, and some of us argued that it could not be him. It took Oshiomhole three months to convince some of our supporters and me to support Obaseki.

“And when we decided because of Oshiomhole, because of our respect for him, to support him (Obaseki), he did not bring money.

“We brought our resources and our friends to bring money and we brought our political capital to make him governor.

“He is not the one that made me; I made him. I was asked to be his deputy to add political value because he was not a politician.”

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