Edo polls: Obaseki confirms Rep, Shuaibu, as running mate

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress in forthcoming governorship

election in Edo state, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has confirmed the selection of
the member representing Etsako Constituency in the Federal House of
Representatives, Mr. Philip Shaibu, as his running.
Shaibu was a former majority leader in the Edo State House of Assembly,
under Etsako West II, where Governor Adams Oshiomhole hails from.
Obaseki said the choice of the federal lawmaker was reached after
consultations with the party’s leadership.
Meanwhile, people with disability in the state have backed the aspiration of
the APC candidate, saying that his love for the youth of the state will help
check unemployment in the state.
Obaseki said, “After consultation with the party caucus and leadership, I
have accepted Philip Shuaibu as my running mate. He comes with a lot of
political experience, having served as majority leader of the state House of
Assembly and a member of the Committee on Works in the House of
Representatives.
“He belongs to this generation of politicians who will be joining me in this
effort to take Edo to another height. I am happy with the decision of the
party and Shuaibu, being somebody that I have worked with all these years,
understands the politics and, most importantly as a young man, our youths
have where to run to. I am glad I will be having somebody like him around
to help provide the services needed by our people.”
The APC candidate promised that if elected his administration would build
on the success recorded by the current administration of Governor Adams
Oshiomhole.Punch