The Edo State House of Assembly has impeached the deputy governor of the State, Philip Shaibu.
This impeachment was a follow-up to the report submitted by Justice S.A. Omonua and a seven-man panel which had probed the petition against the deputy governor.
The panel had in its reports, said that the claim of perjury was not proved beyond reasonable doubt by the complainant against the deputy governor, while that of disclosure of government official documents was proved beyond reasonable doubt against the deputy governor.
At the plenary, 20 House of Assembly members had attended,18 members voted in favour of the panel’s reports, while one voted against.
Blessing Agbrbaku, the Speaker of the House had directed that a clean copy of the impeachment decision by the House be forwarded to the Governor of the State, Godwin Obaseki for approval.
More details to come later…
