•Shaibu and Obaseki
Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, who was recently reinstated, has threatened to expose some of the atrocities of his former boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki if his surrogates do not desist from insulting him again.
Shaibu who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) told reporters shortly after Sunday Mass yesterday to kick start the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria at Auchi, the headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area that he had tolerated Governor Obaseki for over 15 months, but the Edo governor has taken his silence for weakness.
The deputy governor advocated accountability while calling on religious leaders to strip political officeholders, including Obaseki, of their unearned divine titles. He condemned the title “God’s Servant Governor,” bestowed on Obaseki, describing it as unmerited and a misnomer, reports The Nation.
Shaibu insisted that the Edo governor’s actions were antithetical to the values of servant leadership, particularly his fighting the church, revoking poor citizens’ Certificates of Occupancy (C of O), demolishing homes of opposition politicians, fighting political leaders, disregarding the rule of law, depriving elected officials of their duties, denying citizens access to good roads, hiding federal government palliatives meant for the poor, embezzling public funds, inflating contracts, making unfulfilled promises, imposing governorship candidates on the people, and unleashing thugs on opposition parties.
He implored Christians, especially the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in the state, not to become complicit in the perpetuation of injustice.
He stated that the christiandom must prove itself to be the last hope of every citizen, and avoid any political influence.
