The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has taken down the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag from his office following Governor Godwin Obaseki’s departure from the party. During the flag removal, it was announced that Shuaibu would be joining the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
In a video, one of the attendees at the event can be heard saying “goodbye APC from Edo government house” as Shuaibu made his declaration for the PDP.
Shuaibu also confirmed his resignation from the APC and expressed his sentiments to journalists. He stated, “It is with pain that I am leaving the APC I helped to build. It’s very unfortunate that we have to resign from the party we all labored for. The party we built with our blood, our strength. The party we believed that was built with the progress of our land. I resigned today with pains and I am resigning to take my destiny in my hand. But by the grace of God, where Gov. Godwin Obaseki goes I go. And by the grace of God, we shall conquer.”
Obaseki has been in a conflict with his predecessor and the current National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomole. His ambitions for re-election under the APC were thwarted after being disqualified from participating in Edo APC’s governorship primaries slated for June 22, 2020.