ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has described the decision to serve an impeachment notice against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu as unanimous.
He noted that the decision was only reached by 21 of 24 members.
Agbebaku said this when he received members of the Catholic Men Organisation of Nigeria, Benin Province.
The group was led to a meeting in the Speaker’s office in Benin on Tuesday by Steven Apologun.
According to the group leader, they were in the assembly to intervene in the impeachment move of the house against the Deputy Governor.
The Speaker thanked the members of the organisation for the peace move, but stressed that the decision was beyond him.
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Agbebaku noted that the decision reached by the house to serve the impeachment rested on all 24 members, out of which 21 signed the petition.
He said: “I am the head in this assembly, made up of 24 members.
“However, any decision taken is what I follow.
“Twenty-one out of 24 signed and as a servant of the other 23 members, I do not have much to say.”
He said, if there is ever going to be any resolution of the issue, it will be determined by the majority of the members of the house and not him alone.
Earlier, Apologun, the Provisional President of the group, called for caution so that the legislature would not be perceived as being an instrument of political witch-hunt against the deputy governor.
He further said that the church was seeking an amicable resolution to the disagreement between the deputy governor and Governor Godwin Obaseki in the interest of peace.