pic.twitter.com\/makWClHdlw<\/a><\/p>\n\u2014 Philip Shaibu (@HonPhilipShaibu) April 8, 2024<\/p>\n
He said in part, \u201cIt is with heavy heart yet a resolute spirit that I come before you to address the recent events that have unfolded within our dear state. I denounce in strongest terms the illegal impeachment by the Edo state house of assembly over trumped-up charges, this is not just an attack on me as an individual but on the very democratic principles that we hold dear.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a dangerous descent into dictatorship, a threat to the foundation of our democracy. Let it be clear that this impeachment was hatched because of my ambition to contest the Edo Governorship election 2024 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).\u201d<\/p>\n
Recall that the embattled deputy governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu on Monday was impeached by the Edo State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n
The impeachment followed the adoption of the report of the seven-man investigative panel set up by the Assembly to probe allegations of misconduct against him.<\/p>\n
The proceedings which were initiated earlier this week resulted into a dramatic vote that ousted Shaibu from his position.<\/p>\n
Background<\/p>\n
Also recall that on Thursday, Vanguard reported how the 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.<\/p>\n
The panel forwarded its report to the Chief Judge of the State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa.<\/p>\n
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. This was to give the respondent, Shaibu, time to defend himself over the allegations levelled against him.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s ruling by the panel was a sequel to the absence of Shaibu and his counsel when the panel sat on Thursday.<\/p>\n
At the panel\u2019s inaugural sitting on Wednesday, Shaibu was represented by Professor Oladoyin Awoyale (SAN).<\/p>\n
He informed the panel that he would not be continuing with the panel\u2019s 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, to show cause on why it should or should not grant the reliefs sought.<\/p>\n
When the panel overruled the objection, Awoyale (SAN) sought the permission of the panel to excuse himself.<\/p>\n
Ruling on the development, the chairman of the panel said \u201cthe panel adjourned sitting for the last time for today to allow the respondent to defend himself.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe panel shall retire to go and write its report as required by the constitution,\u201d Justice Omonuwa (Rtd) ruled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Edo impeachment: Deputy Governor Reacts … says, impeachment illegal, threat to democracy Zainab Tanimu Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria Philip Shaibu has denounced his impeachment as Deputy Governor by the Edo State House of Assembly. His impeachment he said is illegal and a threat to the nation\u2019s democracy. In a reaction via a video shared on his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsreservoir.com\/lifestyle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}