Members of Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday, directed the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to set up a seven-member panel to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct and perjury, among others, levelled against Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu
The Speaker of the Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, notified the lawmakers that the seven-day ultimatum given Shaibu to respond to the impeachment notice served on him on March 6th had expired
In view of the Edo deputy governor’s evasion of service of the impeachment notice, the House had ordered substituted service in two newspapers.
The House majority leader, Charity Aiguobarueghan, moved the motion asking the chief judge to put in place the seven-member panel, and it was seconded by the representative of Ikpoba/Okha constituency, Nicholas Asonsere.
Aiguobarueghan stated that the motion was in line with Section 188, Sub-sections 3 and 4 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The majority leader noted that failure of Shaibu to respond to the petition at the stipulated times was also in conformity with the provision of Section 188, Sub-section 3, stating that whether the public office holder responded or not, the lawmakers had a duty to perform.
In a voice vote, 19 of the 24 lawmakers, which constituted more than two-thirds of members of the Assembly, voted in support of the motion.
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