Philip Shaibu, the state’s deputy governor, has been impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly.
Daniel Okungbowa, the chief judge of Edo, appointed a seven-member inquiry group, led by retired justice S. A. Omonuwa, and the panel’s findings was adopted prior to the impeachment.
Following a rift with the state’s governor, Godwin Obaseki, Shaibu was charged with “misconduct, perjury, and disclosure of government secrets.”
The resolution passed by the state house of assembly to begin the impeachment proceedings against Shaibu preceded the start of the panel’s meeting.
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During the first meeting of the panel on April 3, Joe Ohiafi, deputy clerk, legal, represented the house of assembly, while Oladoyin Awoyale, a professor and senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), defended Shaibu.
In an attempt to stop the scheme to remove him from office, Shaibu filed a lawsuit in July against the Federal High Court in Abuja.
He requested that the court stop Obaseki, the chief judge and speaker of the state assembly, from “sanctioning any impeachment” or “initiating impeachment proceedings” against him.
Following that, Obaseki, the speaker, and the other suit defendants were prohibited by the court from starting the impeachment process against Shaibu.
Shaibu’s lawsuit against Obaseki was withdrawn in September, opening the door for the actions that led to Obaseki’s removal from office.
