Edo Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has revealed his intention to extend an apology to former Governor Adams Oshiomhole, acknowledging their enduring father-son relationship despite their political differences.
The announcement was made during Shaibu’s appearance on Channels TV Sunrise Daily which was monitored by Parallel Facts on Tuesday.
Shaibu, who recently declared his candidacy for the 2024 gubernatorial election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), emphasized that his rift with Oshiomhole arose during the 2020 governorship election.
He expressed his willingness to apologise for any improper language used during the heated campaign.
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Shaibu commended Governor Godwin Obaseki for initiating reconciliation efforts by inviting Oshiomhole to political functions.
He stated, “My relationship with Comrade Adams Oshiomhole is cordial. When I mean cordial, he is still my father. Political, we are in different political parties.
“I am happy that the governor (Obaseki) has started inviting the former governor (Oshiomhole) and my father to political functions. That is what I have been praying for.
“And now that he has started, I think that the next step is for me to reach him and also first apologise to him (Oshiomhole) for some use of words during the election but in terms of principle of supporting Obaseki, I will still support Obaseki because God told me that is the right thing to do.
“One of the crises that I had was when I went to the Senate to congratulate Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and I was seen in a viral video. That was where my headache started because the governor’s style is that a friend of the governor, you must be friend to him and an enemy to the governor, you must be enemy to him. I understand that principle and I am being careful.”
“What I was waiting for was for the governor to make that move because I will not make that move if the governor had not made the move. Now that he has made the move to be inviting Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, I am emboldened to go and see him,” he concluded.