Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has appointed new deputy governor on Monday following the impeachment of Philip Shaibu.
DAILY GIST reports that lawmakers in Edo State House of Assembly had impeached the former Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu for allegedly leaking official documents.
He was impeached during the House’s plenary session in Benin City, the Edo State capital in a move that began months ago following the soured relationship between Obaseki and Shaibu.
Shaibu’s impeachment followed the adoption of the report of a seven-man committee set up by the chief judge of Edo State Justice Daniel Okungbowa to investigate allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor.
During plenary at the assembly complex in Benin City, the Edo State capital, the Majority Leader of the House Charity Aiguobarueghian said the report of the seven-man judicial panel of inquiry presented to the House had two findings and one recommendation.
Aiguobarueghian said that while the report of the panel was unable to establish the case of perjury levelled against the deputy governor, the panel found him guilty of disclosure of government secrets.
According to the report, the seven-man judicial panel of inquiry recommended that the deputy governor be impeached on grounds of disclosure of government secrets.
on Monday, Governor Obaseki appoints Omobayo Marvellous Godwins as his new deputy.
Shaibu’s impeachment is a culmination of the political impasse between the deputy governor and his principal Godwin Obaseki.
The duo have been at loggerheads over the governorship ticket for the People’s Democratic Party, PDP in the state.
