THE Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has broken the silence on the decision to impeach the state Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu, explaining that the decision to serve an impeachment notice on Shaibu was a unanimous decision reached by 21 of 24 members.
Agbebaku said this when he received members of the Catholic Men Organisation of Nigeria, Benin Province, led by Mr. Steven Apologun, in his office in Benin City on Tuesday, March 12.
Apologun explained that they were in the assembly to intervene in the impeachment move the House was making against the deputy governor.
He Speaker thanked members of the organisation for the peace move, but stressed that the decision was beyond him, but rests on all 24 members, out of which 21 signed the petition.
He stated that if there was ever going to be any resolution of the issue, it would be determined by the majority of the members of the House and not him alone.
Earlier, Apologun appealed for caution, so that the legislature would not be perceived as being an instrument of political witch-hunt against the deputy governor, adding that the church was seeking an amicable resolution to the disagreement between Shaibu and Governor Godwin Obaseki in the interest of peace.
