{"id":126122,"date":"2023-12-01T04:08:15","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T04:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/01\/my-deputy-has-right-to-contest-guber-poll-obaseki\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T04:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T04:08:15","slug":"my-deputy-has-right-to-contest-guber-poll-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/01\/my-deputy-has-right-to-contest-guber-poll-obaseki\/","title":{"rendered":"My Deputy Has Right To Contest Guber Poll \u2014 Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-891685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Obaseki.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State says his Deputy, Philip Shaibu has the right to contest the State gubernatorial election, come 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In what may seem as shying away from endorsing Shaibu for the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) ticket, he mentioned that his vote alone can\u2019t decide the embattled deputy\u2019s fate.<\/p>\n<p>After a Thursday closed-door meeting with Bala Mohammed, the Chairman of PDP Governors Forum and Bauchi State Governor, Obaseki told journalists that, \u201cI am only one of the millions of party members in Edo State. I don\u2019t think my vote alone can determine whether he becomes the party\u2019s flag bearer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: \u2018Demolitions Shouldn\u2019t Be Done When Citizens Are Faced With Financial Stress, Hardship\u2019 \u2014 Obi Tells State Governors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe relationship as you know is cordial. He wants to run for the office I currently occupy, he is free to and I think as a Nigerian, he has a constitutional right nobody can\u2019t and should stop him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party would decide and also only the members of the party would decide who would be the flag bearer of our party in the forthcoming gubernatorial in Edo State,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki explained that he was in Bauchi and accompanied by the immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom, Udom Emmanuel to congratulate their Chairman, over his victory at the Court of Appeal in Abuja that validated his election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State says his Deputy, Philip Shaibu has the right to contest the State gubernatorial election, come 2024. In what may seem as shying away from endorsing Shaibu for the Peoples Democratic Party\u2019s (PDP) ticket, he mentioned that his vote alone can\u2019t decide the embattled deputy\u2019s fate. 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