Governor Godwin Obaseki has explained his side of how the rift between him and Edo deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, began.
Obaseki made the revelations during a recent meeting with the elders and leaders of the party from Etsako, in Edo north.
Asked at what point he thought the relationship between him and Shaibu got sour, said it started when the need arose for pick the chairman of Akoko Edo.
According to Obaseki, he wanted to give the people of the area who they wanted as is obtainable in a democracy but that his deputy wanted someone else.
He disclosed that when a resolution could not be made on the issue, Shaibu, who according to him, is supposed to take orders from him as a deputy, left Edo for Abuja without telling.
His words: “I think it came to a head with the Chairmanship of Akoko Edo. We first had a problem with Owan East, then Akoko Edo, where the people from Akoko Edo said, this is the person we want for chairmanship, but the deputy governor said this is the person that we will give you.
“But I said give the people what they want. I called round, who is the person who can help us put this LG together and run this LG, they said it is this person. When the party chairman asked me, I said give the people what they want. That is democracy.
“I did that, and before now, the constitution makes me the Governor of Edo State, and I know the powers of a Governor. The constitution does not provide for a co-governor, does it? It provides for a deputy governor who does and carries out the responsibility the governor gives to him. The constitution does not give him the power of the governor.
