Shaibu returns as Edo deputy governor weeks after being re-appointed (video)

Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has returned to office weeks after he was reinstated by the court.

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on July 17 reinstated Shaibu as deputy governor of Edo State and ordered the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to restore his security detail.

The judge, who delivered the verdict in the suit filed by the deputy governor, declared his (Shaibu’s) impeachment by the Edo State House of Representatives was illegal and unconstitutional.

He argued that the impeachment was a serious violation of Articles 188 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.

In a video broadcast on Monday, the deputy governor ordered his staff who had not returned to work since he was sworn in to return to their posts or face the consequences.

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He also warned banks that transacted with the deputy governor’s office without his approval about the illegality of such transactions.

The deputy governor also expressed shock over the killing of a policeman linked to the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Monday Okpebholo.

Police officers were killed in an attack on the deputy governor and Okpebholo’s convoy shortly after their arrival from Abuja on July 19.

The duo were in Edo State to attend a reception hosted by some groups to celebrate Shaibu’s reinstatement as deputy governor when they were attacked by hoodlums.

In accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, I announce my formal return to office.

May God bless Edo state
God bless Nigeria photo.twitter.com/vO3wdhJN4B

— Philip Shaibu (@HonPhilipShaibu) August 12, 2024

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