The reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, Philips Shaibu, on Friday declared that he was an unofficial member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
He made the declaration when he featured on Arise TV’s morning show on Friday, adding that he was still in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) because he was yet to officially leave it in Edo.
He said his spirit had left the PDP.
“In PDP now, everybody can support whoever they like. On the issue of supporting a candidate, the constitution guarantees that you can support who you like and you can belong to any political party,” Shaibu said.
“As of now, I’m a PDP man and I will not support anybody while I am in another party contrary to who I am supporting. For now, I am a member of PDP but going forward, I am good as a member of the APC; I can tell you that.”
He further stated that his two legs are in the APC.
“The only thing that is keeping me in PDP is that I have not officially declared. Talking more seriously, I am actually a member of APC, but unofficially.
“My spirit has left PDP for a long time; it is only my leg and body that are still there because my PDP party card is still with me and I have not picked an APC party card yet. But in terms of spirit, my spirit has left PDP and is now in APC.”
Shaibu said he has called his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, 111 times without the governor picking up his calls or returning them.
“I had made up my mind not to call him again, but I always send him texts. Before now, when I started counting, I called him (Obaseki) 111 times during that crisis, but he never picked up.
“I sent him texts, and he never replied, but it never really mattered. The last text I sent to him was on his birthday,” Shaibu said.
