Edo State Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, has been impeached by the State House of Assembly after months of frosty relationship with Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Shaibu was impeached during the plenary of the House on Monday in Benin City, the Edo State capital in what some political pundits described as the aftermath of the head-on collision with his boss, Governor Obaseki, who is widely believed to be the brain behind the impeachment.
His impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man committee set up by the chief judge of Edo State Justice Daniel Okungbowa to investigate allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor.
Monday’s impeachment comes as a Federal High Court in Abuja was to resume sitting in the lawsuit filed by Shaibu to challenge the Edo State House of Assembly’s plan to impeach him.
Last week, the Edo House of Assembly started the impeachment proceedings against Shaibu. Twenty-one of the 24 lawmakers signed a petition to that effect.
They accused Shaibu of perjury and disclosure of the state government’s secrets.
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