Edo State House of Assembly has served impeachment notice on Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu.
The Speaker of the house, Blessing Agbebaku directed the clerk, Yahaya Omogbai to serve an impeachment notice to Deputy Governor.
The petition for the impeachment of the deputy governor was read on Wednesday at a plenary session of the house.
The Majority Leader, Charity Aiguobarueghian, who read the impeachment petition during plenary, said the petition was signed by 21 out of 24 members against the deputy governor.
Aiguobarueghian, who said the petition was dated March 5, 2024, noted that the number of members who signed the petition were more than the two-third requirement stipulated in Section 188 (2a) of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
He said the petition was addressed to the Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku.
The Speaker, who acknowledged the receipt of the petition, said the petition was based on two grounds which were not made public.
The House, however, gave the deputy governor seven days to respond to the petition.
