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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.
It had been reported 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 Agbebaku.
Shaibu, in a letter addressed to the speaker titled “RE: SERVICE OF IMPEACHMENT NOTICE,” dated March 12, 2024, urged the Speaker to correct the impression created in the minds of the public that he evaded being served.
The letter, signed by Charles Olubayo, Personal Assistant to the Deputy Governor, stated, “No impeachment notice was ever served on the Deputy Governor, let alone refusing to acknowledge it.
“According to him, the Office of the Deputy Governor, Edo State, wishes to draw your attention to the inaccuracies and misleading information that emanated from the plenary session of Monday, March 11, 2024, wherein Mr. Speaker directed that the impeachment notice be served on the Deputy Governor, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu through newspaper publications.