The deputy governor of Edo State, Philip Shuaibu, has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja to stop alleged plots by the state governor, Godwin Obaseki, to remove him from office.
Mr Onoja also urged the court to stop the defendants “from intimidating, embarrassing and preventing” Mr Shuaibu “from carrying out the functions of his office as deputy governor ofIn a motion ex parte, he further prayed to the court for an interim injunction restraining the defendants from “initiating impeachment proceedings against” Mr Shuaibu.
“The 3rd defendant has hatched plans to impeach me, and the court needs to urgently intervene in restraining him and all the other defendants acting in concert with him,” Mr Shuaibu urged the court in the affidavit. “Whether the 3rd defendant” has the “powers to instigate” the parliament and state Chief Judge…” to commence impeachment proceedings against the plaintiff with a view to removing him from office as the deputy governor of Edo State.”With the governorship election due next year in Edo, Messrs Obaseki and Shuaibu appear to be locked in a succession battle.
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