“I’m Ok With The Role Of ‘Spare Tyre’, Will Do Whatever Obaseki Wants – Edo Dep Gov

The new Deputy Governor of Edo State, Omobayo Godwins, has said he will always do whatever his principal asks him to do.

Godwins, who was sworn in on Monday after the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, was impeached, pledged his unalloyed loyalty to Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The 37-year-old spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme, noting that he is learning on the job and won’t hesitate to do all that his principal instructs him to do.

When asked if he is satisfied that the role of a deputy governor has been relegated to a “spare tyre,”  Godwins said, “It’s okay with me.

“Life is a process. At 37+, I am already a deputy governor, it has improved my political outlook, and I am not in a rush to drag with my governor.

“Whatever he says I should do is what I will do. He knows my strength. So, I will dwell on my strengths when it comes to adding value. Politically, I am learning on the job.”

He added that becoming deputy governor, months before the expiration of the eight-year tenure of Obaseki, was part of the political permutations for Ighodalo to defeat his closest contenders, like LP’s Olumide Akpata and Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Godwins boasted that he has robust grassroots support from his base in Akoko Edo, one of the local governments in the Edo North Senatorial District, to boost the chances of Ighodalo, who hails from Ewohimi in the Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo Central Senatorial District.

On Shaibu’s impeachment, he said, “That is politics for you. Your job first of all is to be loyal.”