The Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu has denied paying the sum of $300,000 to his principal the state governor, Godwin Obaseki for a political settlement involving the National Vice Chairman, South-South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Osi Orbih.
According to him, he hasn’t paid any money for Orbih to be handed over as some sort of political settlement for the party’s chapter in the state.
Naija News reports that Shaibu in a statement debunked such allegation levelled against him by Orbih, noting that the accusation is absolutely false and should be disregarded.
The Edo deputy governor explained that it was rather an aberration of the highest proportion that deserves no contemplation that he would send his boss an errand o hand money to a party leader.
Shaibu pointed out that he needed to clear the air because Orbih has rumoured that he paid the said sum to his principal as part of some sort of political settlement regarding the Edo State chapter of the PDP, which is not true.
The deputy governor maintained that nothing can be further from the truth and that such a transaction never occurred because it would have betrayed the reason why he is the deputy governor.
“I, therefore, condemn the rumour in its entirety and urge that the insinuations be disregarded as it has no basis in facts,” he stated.
Below is Shaibu’s full statement:
SHAIBU REJECTS $300,000 BRIBERY ALLEGATION
“It has come to my attention that the National Vice Chairman, South-South of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Dan Osi Orbih, has made an absolutely false allegation purporting that I had given the Governor of Edo State, His Excellency, Mr Godwin Obaseki, the sum of $300,000 to hand over to Orbih as part of some sort of political settlement regarding the Edo State chapter of the PDP.
“Nothing can be farther from the truth.
“I want to state without equivocation that no such transaction ever occurred. It even betrays reasons that I, as Deputy Governor, would have to send the State Governor, my boss, on an errand to hand money to a party leader. It is an aberration of the highest proportion that deserves no contemplation.
“I, therefore, condemn the rumour in its entirety and urge that the insinuations be disregarded as it has no basis in facts.”
Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu
Deputy Governor, Edo State
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