{"id":125085,"date":"2023-11-29T06:02:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/obasekis-group-allegedly-forces-hotel-to-cancel-shaibus-venue-booking-ahead-governorship-bid-declaration\/"},"modified":"2023-11-29T06:02:51","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T06:02:51","slug":"obasekis-group-allegedly-forces-hotel-to-cancel-shaibus-venue-booking-ahead-governorship-bid-declaration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/obasekis-group-allegedly-forces-hotel-to-cancel-shaibus-venue-booking-ahead-governorship-bid-declaration\/","title":{"rendered":"Obaseki\u2019s Group Allegedly Forces Hotel To Cancel Shaibu\u2019s Venue Booking Ahead Governorship Bid Declaration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-893235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Screenshot_20230921-180831_Opera-Mini.jpg\" alt=\"Godwin Obaseki, Philip Shaibu, Mini\" width=\"1080\" height=\"541\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Eterno Hotels in Benin City has reportedly cancelled the venue booking which Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, planned for use, to declare his governorship ambition today.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that Shaibu\u2019s camp had said the Deputy Governor would this week formally declare his intention to run for the 2024 Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n<p>A \u2018Special Invitation\u2019 dated November 23, 2023, which the Philip Shaibu Campaign Organisation made available to newsmen, read: \u201cOn behalf of Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu Campaign Organisation, I invite you to honour me with your esteemed presence as I offer myself to serve as the Chief Servant (Governor) of Edo State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As stated in the letter, the event was scheduled for Monday, November 27, at the Eterno Hotels by 8 am.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel, owned by a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is located in the Government Reserved Area, Benin City, the state capital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: Edo: Obaseki\u2019s Deputy, Shaibu To Declare Governorship Bid On Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, according to reports, the hotel management contacted Shaibu and told him that the space was no longer available for his use while his money was refunded.<\/p>\n<p>The hotel management was said to have told the Deputy Governor that another group, \u2018Obaseki finishing well group,\u2019 had paid for the same venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe found this very preposterous that we were contacted by the hotel management that a group had paid for the same venue for a programme slated for 7 a.m. same date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know where this is coming from. Whatever their plans to frustrate, our declaration will definitely fail. They are jittery over Shaibu\u2019s declaration and popularity,\u201d one of Shaibu\u2019s loyalists told Punch.<\/p>\n<p>Shaibu\u2019s governorship ambition has pitted him against his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, who is believed to be working to pick someone else to succeed him.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eterno Hotels in Benin City has reportedly cancelled the venue booking which Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, planned for use, to declare his governorship ambition today. Recall that Shaibu\u2019s camp had said the Deputy Governor would this week formally declare his intention to run for the 2024 Edo State governorship election. A \u2018Special Invitation\u2019 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":125086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Obaseki\u2019s Group Allegedly Forces Hotel To Cancel Shaibu\u2019s Venue Booking Ahead Governorship Bid Declaration - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/11\/29\/obasekis-group-allegedly-forces-hotel-to-cancel-shaibus-venue-booking-ahead-governorship-bid-declaration\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Obaseki\u2019s Group Allegedly Forces Hotel To Cancel Shaibu\u2019s Venue Booking Ahead Governorship Bid Declaration - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eterno Hotels in Benin City has reportedly cancelled the venue booking which Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, planned for use, to declare his governorship ambition today. 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