Edo deputy gov emerges PDP factional guber candidate

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) parallel governorship primary election.

Shuaibu won the parallel primary election with over 301 votes.

The deputy governor and Governor Godwin Obaseki have been at loggerheads over Shuaibu’s decision to succeed him at the end of his tenure.

Ten governorship aspirants are jostling for the PDP governorship ticket.

The Governor Obaseki faction of the party is yet to conduct its primary election.

…More details soon.