The Edo State House of Assembly initiated impeachment proceedings against Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu on Wednesday. The Majority Leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, made the announcement during the plenary session, revealing that the petition dated March 5 had garnered signatures from 21 out of the 24 assembly members, surpassing the constitutional two-thirds requirement.
Aiguobarueghian specified that the grounds for the impeachment were perjury and the divulging of government secrets. The Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, acknowledged the receipt of the petition and instructed the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Omogbai, to serve the impeachment notice to Deputy Governor Shaibu. Agbebaku granted Shaibu a seven-day window to respond to the impeachment notice.
This move is the latest development in the ongoing discord between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu, a rift that has persisted since mid-last year when Shaibu declared his intention to run for the governorship position in the state.
