Court Decline To Stop Impeachment Of Shaibu.

Federal High Court in Abuja, has declined to halt the impeachment proceedings activated by the Edo State House of Assembly against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu.

Justice James Omotosho declined an oral application by Shaibu’s lawyer, Professor Olawoyin Awoyale, (SAN), asked the court to order parties in the suit to maintain the status quo.

In declining the prayer, the judge and the Governor of Edo State and the Edo State House of Assembly, who are the principal actors in the matter,  have not been served with the Originating Summons of the suit as required by law, and subsequently granted Shaibu’s prayer to serve the court papers on Obaseki and the state House of Assembly by substituted means.

Justice Omotoso ordered that, the court process be pasted at the entrance gate of the Edo State Government House and the gate of the state House of Assembly Complex in Benin, while, the Judge also directed that all court papers be served on parties in the matter with the use of a registered courier company.

This is coming after the Edo State House of Assembly had on March 5, 2024, commenced impeachment proceedings against Shaibu over allegations of leaking of government’s secrets.