The embattled deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has lamented that the governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, chose to treat him like an ‘outcast’ despite giving him his all, News About Nigeria reports.
Speaking to newsmen after his visit to the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday evening, the deputy governor recounted all his entitlements he had to forfeit for ‘peace to reign’.
Speaking on his relationship with the Edo State governor, Shaibu noted that he has realised that there is no such thing as perfect relationship.
He further noted that he has come to fully understand that everyone created by God is different which is why God commanded humans to love their neighbours as themselves.
Shaibu said, “You know human beings have different ways of behaving and the only perfect person is the Almighty God. Every other person who is created by God, none of us is perfect. But at the same time, God gave us a commandment like every other country’s constitution. One of the greatest commandments in the world is to love your neighbour as yourself. And if all of us can take to that commandment, there will be peace in the whole world. Because what you cannot do to yourself you will not want to do it to others.
“I used to use the word perfect relationship. But I have just discovered that there is no perfect relationship with what has happened between the governor and I. From my own end, I gave everything. I gave all to have him succeed because, for me, it is about the state and the state in everything. So, I gave all, up my earnings. Even to my official earnings. I forfeited lots of my official entitlements. Why? Because I didn’t want any trouble or disagreement. And the easiest way you can have disagreements could be money. Even my official entitlement, most of them I didn’t apply for. As small as 28 days, that is the first earning that you earn whether as a civil servant or in government, the first and second terms I didn’t have it.”
