- The house said the decision followed Shaibu’s failure to acknowledge receipt of the notice sent through the Clerk of the House.
- The speaker ordered that the notice should be published in the State-owned Nigerian Observer and other national dailies.
The Edo State House Assembly has directed that the impeachment notice against the state’s Deputy Governor, Phillip Shaibu, be published in national newspapers.
This followed the deputy governor’s alleged reluctance to acknowledge the notice served on him by the House last week.
Last Wednesday, lawmakers began impeachment procedures against Shaibu, accusing him of perjury and the disclosure of government secrets.
The impeachment notice is thought to be the most recent step in the conflict between Shaibu and his superior, Governor Godwin Obaseki.
Since last year, when Shaibu stated his intention to run for governor this year, the deputy governor and his principal had maintained an uneasy truce.
The House decided to serve the notice by substitution at the resumption of session on Monday, after the Speaker of the Edo State House Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, said that Shaibu had rejected the House’s impeachment notice.
He then asked the Clerk of the House, Yahaya Omogbai, to publish the notice in the Nigerian Observer and other national publications.
The Speaker said, “It is clear that the deputy governor has rejected the impeachment notice served on him by the House.
“The House will serve him by substitution by publishing the letter in three national dailies, The Observer inclusive.”