The court vindicated Shaibu by dismissing the appeal filed by the Edo State House of Assembly, which sought to dismiss the ruling of the lower court.
Shaibu was impeached based on a report by a seven-man committee investigating allegations of misconduct, which found him guilty of disclosing government secrets.
However, Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja voided the impeachment on July 17, ordering Shaibu’s immediate reinstatement.
The court held that the allegations against Shaibu were untenable in law and constituted gross misconduct and warned that anyone parading themselves as Deputy Governor aside from Shaibu would face legal consequences.
The court also set aside Omobayo Godwin’s appointment as the new Deputy Governor, replacing Shaibu, and ordered the IGP to provide Shaibu with the necessary security to resume office and perform his duties until the end of his tenure.
Shaibu has claimed that his dilemma started soon after his intention to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki. He subsequently lost the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship ticket to Obaseki’s preferred candidate and later left the party for the APC.
TimesNow.com.ng earlier reported that Philip Shaibu, the reinstated deputy governor of Edo state, has disclosed that his mind is no longer with the PDP.
Shaibu said he had not yet joined the APC officially, adding that his body and soul are already with the ruling party in the country.
The reinstated deputy governor made this known barely 24 hours after he survived an assassination attempt.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
