Edo deputy governor, Shaibu wins PDP governorship ticket

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By James Moses (9News Nigeria)

The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu on Thursday, won the Governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after emerging as the winner of the parallel primary of the party for the forthcoming governorship election in the state.

Shaibu won the parallel primaries with 301 votes, while Governor Godwin Obaseki’s faction of the party had yet to commence the election.

The party delegates affirmed their support for Shaibu while insisting that they were authentic delegates.

Announcing the results of the primaries, an electoral officer said, “After doing the counting of the primary election, Philip Shaibu has a score of 301, therefore we hereby declare Philip Shaibu as the authentic elected candidate of the PDP.

The PDP on Thursday held a governorship primary held in the state with 10 aspirants battling for 563 delegates votes in the indirect primary.

-9News Nigeria.

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