THE CABLE
Blessing Agbebaku, speaker of the Edo house of assembly has denied the alleged impeachment plot against Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of the state.
Speaking during a meeting with Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo state, on Friday, Agbebaku said the alleged impeachment plot is “a rumour from the pit of hell”.
Agbebaku said Obaseki has not called him to discuss any form of impeachment moves against his deputy.
The speaker said he also spoke to Shaibu to ignore impeachment rumours against him.
Today, I want the Edo people to know that there was nothing of such (alleged impeachment plot),” he said.
“I am the presiding officer of the house of assembly, I control the gavel. The gavel is like the AK-47 of the house.
“There was no time that the governor has called me to say, ‘there must be an impeachment against the deputy governor’. I think that is a rumour from the pit of hell.
“When I approached the governor, he asked me, ‘what is the impeachment for? What has the deputy governor done that he wants to impeach him?’ There is nothing like that.
“On my own, I also called the deputy governor to say, ‘these are rumours. Please, disassociate yourself from this kind of rumour. The governor has no such plan.”
BACKGROUND
On July 28, Shaibu approached a federal high court in Abuja with a suit to prevent an alleged impeachment plot against him.
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