The Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, have differed over the service of an impeachment notice on the deputy governor.
The Deputy Governor of Edo State , Philip Shaibu, and the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, have differed over the service of an impeachment notice on the deputy governor . DAILY POST reports that the Speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, alleged at plenary on Monday that the deputy governor refused to acknowledge the impeachment notice.
Agbebaku, however, ordered that the notice should be served on the Deputy Governor in the State-Owned Nigeria Observer and other national dailies. Following the speaker's directive, the notice was published on Tuesday in the Nigerian Observer and the Vanguard Newspaper, respectively. The speaker at the plenary added that the directive to publish the notice in newspapers was to ensure all avenues are explored to adequately serve the impeachment notice and elicit his response within the seven-day ultimatum given by the House. However, reacting to the Speaker's statement, Shaibu denied being served with an impeachment notice from the State House of Assembly, as alleged by Speaker Blessing Agbebak
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