The embattled Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has begged his principal, Governor Godwin Obakeki, for forgiveness over their political differences.
Shaibu asked for forgiveness while addressing journalists on Thursday in Benin City, the state capital on Thursday, September 21.
Speaking with journalists after his investiture by Catholic Men Organisation Nigeria, Edo State, at his GRA residence in Benin City, he asked Governor Obaseki to forgive and forget.
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He announced that he has relocated to his new office in accordance with the governor’s directive, adding however that there is still some work remaining to be done in his new office located at No 7 Osadebey’s Avenue.
On Monday, Shaibu was locked out of his office on the instructions of Governor Obaseki, a development that further deepened the crisis between the governor and his deputy.
When asked if he has resumed in his new office, the embattled deputy said, “We have resumed but there is still a lot of work to be done there. There is no problem about it. The governor has asked us to go there. Like I have always tried to prove, I am a loyal servant and nothing has changed.
Shaibu appealed to Governor Obaseki to forgive and forget any wrong he might have committed against him.
“I use this medium to appeal to Mr Governor, if there is anything that I don’t know that I have done, please forgive me so that we can develop our state together. We have just one year to go. We have been the envy of the entire country. So Mr Governor, if there is anything you feel that I have done, please I am sorry. I need us to work together to finish well and strong,” he said.
Shaibu fell out with the governor after he indicated an interest in running for the office of governor of Edo state when Obaseki had already picked an anointed candidate to succeed him.
