The Edo State House of Assembly has on Monday,
impeached the embattled state’s deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu.
The impeachment proceedings, which were
initiated earlier this week, culminated in a dramatic vote that saw Shaibu
ousted from his position.
Earlier on Thursday a seven-man panel investigating allegations of
constitutional breaches against the Edo State deputy governor, Philip Shaibu on
Friday concluded its sitting without Shaibu or his counsel appearing.
The
panel forwarded its report to the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Daniel
Okungbowa.
The
seven-man panel headed by Justine Stephen A. Omonuwa (Rtd) had on Thursday
ruled that it would adjourn for the last time on Friday to give the respondent,
Shaibu, to defend the allegations levelled against him before the panel.
Thursday’s
ruling by the panel was a sequel to the absence of Shaibu and his counsel when
the panel sat on Thursday.
At
the panel’s inaugural sitting on Wednesday, Shaibu was represented by Professor
Oladoyin Awoyale (SAN). He informed the panel that he would not be continuing
with the panel’s proceedings on the ground that an Abuja High Court had asked
all parties before it in a case of enforcement of fundamental human rights
instituted by him to come on Monday, April 8, 2024, to show cause on why or not
it should grant the reliefs sought.
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When the panel overruled the objection, Awoyale (SAN) sought the
permission of the panel to excuse himself.
Ruling on the development, the
chairman of the panel said that “the panel adjourned sitting for the last time
for today to allow the respondent to defend himself.
“The panel shall retire to go and
write its report as required by the constitution,” Justice Omonuwa (Rtd) ruled.
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