In a risky move, the governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, is reportedly prepared to defy the Federal High Court’s ruling, which stipulated that all parties maintain the “Status Quo Ante Bellum” until the hearing scheduled for Thursday, August 10, 2023, barring any last-minute changes to the plan.
The impeachment attempt by the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, against his deputy, Phillip Shaibu, was temporarily halted by an order from Hon. Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
According to impeccable insider information, an ambush intended to remove the judge from office has been planned for the early hours of Monday, August 7, in defiance of the temporary order.
It is said that the haste by the governor comes on the heels of his fear that the hearing adjourned till 10th August by the court may not favour his purported intension, hence the plan to hatch his impeachment process before the hearing date.
Remember how Phillip Shuaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, went before the Federal High Court in Abuja to request that the impeachment proceedings against him be halted? The Inspector General of Police, the State Security Service, the Governor of Edo State, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, and the Chief Judge of Edo State are the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth defendants, respectively, in the lawsuit with the file number FHC/ABJ/CS/1027/2023.
In order to prevent the third, fourth, and fifth defendants/respondents or their representatives from starting an impeachment procedure against him, Shaibu is requesting an interlocutory injunction.
Additionally, he asked the court to enjoin the state’s governor or any other person acting under his command from harassing him and obstructing his ability to perform his duties as the state’s deputy governor.
In addition to the temporary order to maintain the status quo ante bellum, the defendants were ordered to show cause in another court decision issued on July 27, 2023. Any impeachment procedure is viewed by the law as a fruitless endeavour if the court’s rulings are not followed.
