The demolished billboards belonging to Comrade Philip Shaibu, the Deputy Governor of Edo State, have been the subject of complaints.
As the state’s current governor, Godwin Obaseki, Shaibu hopes to take over.
However, Shaibu claimed that his campaign billboards had been taken down twice in the location when he was speaking on Lagos Street on Monday. Shaibu made this claim after seeing one of the destroyed billboards.
“I am a man who plans ahead in whatever I want to do. I paid and secured all of the spots across the state, and signed an MoU with the owners and paid fully.
This kind of ugly development is capable of scaring private investors from the state. This is why we have to be very careful as a government and individual in our actions.
We are going to replace the billboard right now and we hope it will not be tampered with again.
We have been patient enough; they must not provoke us. Our patience must not be taken for granted. Edo is a peaceful state. We must allow peace to prevail before, during and after the election,” he said.
