Shaibu denies giving $300,000 for Obaseki’s governorship ticket

Stemming political tension in Edo ahead of governorship election

Philip Shaibu, impeached Edo State deputy governor

Philip Shaibu, deputy governor, Edo State, has denied giving $300,000 to Governor Godwin Obaseki to hand over to Dan Orbih, the south-south national vice chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) as part of funds to settle for the governorship ticket. Orbih had in a viral video claimed th

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