The reinstated deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, on Friday accused his principal, Godwin Obaseki, of denying him entry into the state.
Over the past few months, Shaibu and Obaseki have been at loggerheads over issues regarding the governorship election in the state.
The 54-year-old stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, two days after the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his reinstatement as deputy governor.
“Yesterday, I got intel that the governor has told his men that they must not allow me into town. I am a free-born of Edo State, nobody can stop me from entering Edo State,” he said.
“The constitution does not allow anybody to bar me from entering Edo State, not even when I am a deputy governor. Even if I am an ordinary citizen, I should have a right. I should have freedom.”
