Edo Guber: Group Tackles Shaibu over Entitlement Mentality

A group, Concerned Edo Citizens, has described statement credited to the Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, as the “ranting of a drowning man whose governorship ambition was fuelled by an entitlement mentality.”

The group in a statement signed by its leader, Patrick Usifo, said they have been inundated by Shaibu’s ‘infantile display of adult delinquency in the 2024 governorship election in the state’.

The group said Shaibu lacked the experience to govern the state despite serving in various offices before he was elected deputy governor.

The group said: “Our attention has been drawn to a statement credited to the Deputy Governor, Shaibu, wherein he claimed he can defeat any governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the coveted seat at Dennis Osadebay House.

“Ordinarily, we wouldn’t bother ourselves with the ranting of a drowning man whose only ambition of becoming governor is fuelled by entitlement mentality without recourse to existing zoning and political exigencies of the state.

“Shaibu is not only a power drunk but a bull in a China shop whose sole aim is to become the governor of Edo State by any means necessary.

“Every true democrat should ordinarily be concerned on how the party can win elections rather than empty boast which does no one any good.

“As a group, we consider the utterances of the deputy governor as reckless, offensive, derogatory, and unethical.

“His unguarded and disparaging comments on the next governor of the state can best be described as wishful thinking.

“The deputy governor, despite having served in several capacities in government, is not a match to our candidate whose pedigree is globally acclaimed by industry stakeholders.

“We express dissatisfaction with the conduct of Shaibu, and we urge him to pursue his ill-fated and misadvised ambition with professionalism and decorum.

“We urge his supporters, particularly those he listens to, to call him to order to avoid heating up the polity in the run down to the governorship election of 2024.”