How Edo dep gov, Shaibu, betrayed me — Oshiomhole – TheNigerialawyer

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams
Oshiomhole, on Tuesday, lamented the political crisis rocking Edo
State and the alleged betrayal of the deputy governor of the state,
Philip Shaibu.

Oshiomhole shared his feelings in Iyamoh, his country home when
supporters paid him a solidarity visit.

The APC chair expressed disgust over the crisis that has
engulfed the party in Edo and blamed Shaibu and some other persons
from his Local Government Area, who he claimed betrayed him.

Addressing his supporters, Oshiomhole urged the people to
continue to embrace peace and not allow themselves to be used for
the wrong reasons because of money just as he also advised them to
continue to support the government of President Muhammadu Buhari
who he said stands for truth and justice.

Shaibu was at the centre of a recent altercation between youths
in Iyamho and suspected thugs allegedly brought to the community
during the recent convocation ceremony of Edo University, Iyamho in
Etsako West Local Government Area.

Oshiomhole said, “It is about the truth, we have a president who
believes in the truth, who believes in fairness, who believes in
justice, who believes that government should fight for the
poor.

“There is nothing I have done in life that I didn’t have to
fight but as you can see by the special grace of God there is no
fight that I was forced into that I have not prevailed because I do
not go out of my way to look for trouble. I actually do my best to
make peace but if it fails, God will give the enablement to stand
and defend the truth.

“The only thing I will say today to anyone who is here, who is
an agent of my son; when I talk of my son, I’m talking of Philip
Shiabu, who now thinks that his own political future requires that
he attacks me and import thugs to disgrace me in my village.

“The Hausas have a saying that when people are possessed and
they do things like that, just say, ‘God take control.’ Supposing I
was dead after 2016 and somebody tells me that my son Philip will
organise people to attack my house or to attack my village, to
disrupt the convocation, maybe my body will be turning in heaven
and I will not believe but the fact that I’m alive to see someone
who did not win his own (polling) booth because his own people in
his own village in his own community of Jattu did not want him
because they apparently know him better than I do. But I stood by
him, I stood for him and he became the deputy governor.

“If all that transpired now is to use that power to humiliate me
but God didn’t allow it. As you can see, who can fight the battle?
It is only God so I leave the burden of guilt to them and I will
not repay evil with evil. I will stand on the path of peace, I will
stand on the path of unity. I will stand on the path of justice
because I know that God in heaven will never allow the evildoer to
prevail.

“I’m very happy that God has given me good health and that I can
see some people who fought me in 2007 and God gave me victory and
from victory I made them commissioners, I gave them jobs, I
assisted them whenever they were in need. That I’m alive to see
them because of a small pot of pepper soup calling for signatures
to say Oshiomhole should not be.(sic)”