Gabanin zaben gwamnan jihar Edo a ranar 21 ga watan Satumba, tsohon mataimakin gwamnan jihar, Philip Shaibu, ya nesanta kansa da dan takarar jamâiyyar PDP, Asue Ighodalo.
A cewar gidan talabijin na Channels, Shaibu, wanda ya yi magana a ranar Lahadin da ta gabata a gefen bikin ranar Uba ta 2024 a cocin Katolika na Saint Paul da ke birnin Benin, ya ce ya fi son tallafa wa dan gida.
Shaibu, wanda majalisar dokokin jihar Edo ta tsige shi a watannin baya, ya yi ikirarin cewa dan takarar PDP bare ne.
Tsohon mataimakin gwamnan ya bayyana cewa an fara takarar gwamnan ne da kansa da wasu âyan gida biyu â Monday Okpebolo na jamâiyyar All Progressives Congress (APC) da Olumide Akpata na jamâiyyar Labour Party (LP).
Sai dai ya bayyana goyon bayansa ga dan takarar jamâiyyar APC, yana mai gargadin cewa nasarar da dan takarar PDP ya samu zai sake dawo da bautar kangi a jihar Edo.
Ya ce, âYau na shigo a matsayin dan gida. Muna da âyaâyan gida biyu ne kawai a manyan jamâiyyun siyasa a Jihar Edo. Daya yana Labour, daya kuma yana APC, na zabi in bi wani gida a APC.
âMutumin da suke nunawa a jamâiyyar PDP bare ne, kuma mun yarda cewa babu sauran ubangida a Edo.
“Don haka mutumin da PDP ke kokarin nunawa a Edo a yanzu, allahn Obaseki ne, kuma babu yadda za a yi dan allah ya zama gwamnan Edo.”