Reinstated Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has officially defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
He defected during the APC Edo State’s inauguration of the National Working Committee of the Edo governorship election meeting held on Saturday.
The meeting had in attendance the former governor of Kano State and National Chairman of the APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, including the governors of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and Cross River Bassey Otu.
The Edo State APC State Chairman, Jarett Tenebe, and the Governorship Candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and Adams Oshiomole were also at the meeting.
Shaibu, who declared his intention to defect to the APC, was received into the party by the National Organising Secretary.
Shaibu and his principal Governor Godwin Obaseki, have been at loggerheads for many months now over his bid to become governor of Edo state.
He was subsequently impeached by the House of Assembly over charges of revealing state secrets but just few days ago a court reinstated him but the state government has since appealed the ruling
The people of the state will go to the polls in September to elect a new governor
Philip Shaibu Finally Dumps PDP For APC
