The Edo State House of Assembly has impeached the state’s embattled deputy governor Philip Shaibu, ending a long-drawn political drama between him and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.
He was impeached during the House’s plenary session in Benin City, the Edo State capital in a move that began months following the soured relationship between Obaseki and Shaibu.
Shaibu’s 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.
During plenary at the assembly complex in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the Majority Leader of the House Charity Aiguobarueghian said the report of the seven-man judicial panel of inquiry presented to the House had two findings and one recommendation.
Meanwhile, Omobayo Godwins has been inaugurated as the Edo Deputy Governor, hours after Philip Shaibu was impeached by the state house of assembly.
