Philip Shaibu, the former deputy governor of Edo State, has said that the state House of Assembly’s impeachment of him was illegal.
The state Chief Judge constituted a seven-member investigating panel to look into claims of misconduct against him, and the panel’s findings were approved by the state House of Assembly, leading to the removal of the troubled deputy governor from office.
Shaibu stressed that the impeachment process did not follow the correct protocols, but he ascribed his impeachment to his ambitions to become governor.
In a video posted on his X handle on Monday, he declared his viewpoint.
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He said, “My good people of Edo State, I thank you all for standing by me in these troubling circumstances as the deputy governor of Edo State.
“It is with a heavy heart, yet a resolute spirit, that I come before you to address the recent events that are unfolding in our dear state. I denounce in the strongest term the illegal impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly over baseless charges. This is not just an attack on me as an individual but on the democracy that we hold dear.
“It is a dangerous descend into dictatorship and a threat to the foundation of our democracy. Let it be clear that this impeachment was hatched because of my ambition to contest the Edo State 2024 governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. An ambition that is a legal right to all citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”
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