Assembly Orders
Shaibu’s Impeachment Notice By Substitution.
Edo
State House Assembly has directed that the impeachment notice on the state
Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, be published in national dailies.
This
followed the alleged refusal of the deputy governor to acknowledge the notice
served on him by the House last week, after the lawmakers commenced impeachment
proceedings against Shaibu, accusing him of perjury and leaking of government’s
secrets.
The
impeachment notice is believed to be the latest development in the rift between
Shaibu and his principal, Governor Godwin Obaseki, and there had been an uneasy
calm between the deputy governor and his principal since last year when Shaibu
declared his interest in joining this year’s governorship race.
The
House took the decision to serve the notice by substitution on resumption of
plenary on Monday where the Speaker of the Edo State House Assembly, Blessing
Agbebaku, alleged that Shaibu had rejected the impeachment notice served on him
by the House.
He then
directed the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Omogbai, to publish the notice in
national dailies.
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