{"id":26657,"date":"2020-06-25T14:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T14:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=26657"},"modified":"2020-06-25T14:56:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T14:56:41","slug":"philip-shuaibu-speaks-on-aspirants-refusing-to-step-down-for-gov-obaseki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/philip-shuaibu-speaks-on-aspirants-refusing-to-step-down-for-gov-obaseki","title":{"rendered":"Philip Shuaibu speaks on aspirants refusing to step down for Gov. Obaseki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>Philip Shuaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, has said that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will always find a way of rallying around each other to resolve their issues unlike the All Progressives Congress, APC.<\/p>\n<p>Shuiabu was responding to questions on the aspirants in the party who have refused to step down for Obaseki and have vowed to fight the injustice in the party to the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>One of the PDP governorship aspirants, Kenneth Imasuagbon, had yesterday debunked claims of him stepping down for the state Governor Obaseki.<\/p>\n<p>Imasuagbon said contrary to reports, he has not stepped down for any other aspirant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: Philip Shuaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, has said that Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, will always find a way of rallying around each other to resolve their issues unlike the All Progressives Congress, APC. 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