Over three years ago, I predicted that neither Governor Godwin Obaseki (Edo) nor Governor Yahaya Bello (Kogi) would let their deputies succeed them. Some of my friends had queried my seeming pessimism. But it wasn't difficult to see and clearly nothing out of the ordinary.

Both Philip Shaibu and Edward Onoja had displayed the kind of capacity that no principal with poverty of ambition would ever consider them successors. It is safe to say that money aside, they were each critical to why their principals returned to office, either by hook or crook.

Therefore, for the pundits, it was only a question time, what had brought them together for that sole purpose was clearly going to separate them, with the kind of bitterness, strange only to the undiscerning but familiar to close watchers.

Curiously, while Kogi, in spite of the governor's infantile disposition, has been able to manage theirs without a fuss, even though their seeming peace is a facade; Edo has continued to shamelessly do its laundry in public, unbothered of consequences to both the state and their offices.

Honestly, no one should be sympathetic to either side - Obaseki or Shaibu. They made a choice, and it's time to live with the consequences of their choices. To dine with the devil is not a consideration for the feeble hearted.

However, as the drama lingers, one thing is certain: it will ultimately consume both Obaseki and Shaibu. They're soon going to activate the MAD button, and what cannot be quantified now is the collateral damage. Yet, what is incontrovertible is the unavoidable mutually assured destruction.

Ladies and gentlemen, Enjoy Season 1, Episode 2 of the "Shame of a Duo" - the theatrics, intrigues, and demise of an otherwise budding relationship.

https://worldviewafrica.com/obaseki-vs-shaibu-shame-of-a-duo/

I beg keep your shame to yourself!

Most deputies are laced with ego and tendencies to be the boss rather than been a complete loyalist.

Nobody wants a rival personality to succeed him but rather a loyalist. If you think I am lying ask Obasanjo and Atiku.

In Delta State we hardly remember the names of our deputy governors after their tenure expires.

Oshomole is laughing now

Felimax:
I beg keep your shame to yourself!

Most deputies are laced with ego and tendencies to be the boss rather than been a complete loyalist.

Nobody wants a rival personality to succeed him but rather a loyalist. If you think I am lying ask Obasanjo and Atiku.

In Delta State we hardly remember the names of our deputy governors after their tenure expires.

Dem-all-crazy in action

bennybuhari:
Oshomole is laughing now

Who is Oshiomole?
That peasant! Have you forgotten how he went about kneeling and begging his children for votes?

Lol! Maybe you forgot!
Show me one Edo news with Oshiomole as headline!

Ondo, Edo, and Kogi, all governors are involved in desperate power tussle. Even Tinubu sack 3 of his deputies. So sad for the politiy.

bennybuhari:
Oshomole is laughing now

Nope! Even Adams Oshiomhole played the same game against John Odigie alongside Tinubu but was also consumed by the same power play thereafter. That is why it is said politics is indeed a dirty game.