The Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has denied reports that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Shaibu was reacting to a report that went viral on Thursday afternoon that Shaibu had finalized plans to join the APC.
The report claimed that a high-ranking member of the APC reportedly said Shaibu will be accepted into the party early next week by the APC National Working Committee (NWC).
But a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Musa Ebomhiana said the architects of the story were hack writers and mischief-makers who were bent on destabilizing the state.
He said “They will stop at nothing to widen the gulf between Mr Governor, His Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Comrade Philip Shaibu.
“They have generated more lies from the pit of hell, saying that Comrade Philip Shaibu has perfected plans to rejoin the All Progressives Congress, APC, next week. There is no iota of truth in this.
“To further put a lie to this, the spin doctors claimed that the APC National Working Committee, NWC is set to receive him in Abuja. The question here for the discerning minds is that, is it the NWC of a party that receives a decampee into the party?
“Shaibu has never minced words, vowing to sink and swim with his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
“This, he has said severally at public fora. In view of this, I plead with these characters bent on driving a wedge between Comrade Philip Shaibu and his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki to put the Edo project and the people far above their own selfish interest.”
