Ahead of Edo 2024 Governorship Election, the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, will tomorrow likely declare his intention to seek the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the forthcoming primary of the main opposition party, a source has said.
 
According to a close source, all is now certainly set for the event, which will be held in Benin and feature top PDP politicians from across the 18 councils of the state and beyond.
 
Shaibu dropped hints of his intention to run in the 2024 election when he spoke recently with journalists in Abuja, maintaining that Edo people are in dire need of practical governance and cannot afford to experiment again with someone, who does not understand the politics and needs of Edo State.
 
The deputy governor had added: “Everywhere, including the international scene, people are clamouring that governments should not be pushing projects that are not needed. So, we need to do a needs assessment. You cannot know the needs of the people when you don’t live with them.” The Deputy Governor had since settled with Governor Godwin Obaseki, adding that the two had since embraced cordiality.