The Federal High Court Abuja has nullified the impeachment of Deputy Governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu, slamming it as political vendetta.
The court also ordered his immediate reinstatement.
Justice James Omotosho, who gave the ruling, declared his impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void.
He said the impeachment was in gross violation of the provisions of both sections 188 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.
The judge held that the reason the Edo Assembly gave for impeaching the plaintiff was lame and smacked of an ochestrated political vendetta.
Apart from returning him to office, he further ordered that all his salaries, allowances, and benefits should be paid to him from April 8, when he was illegally impeached, until the expiration of his tenure.
The court also issued an order of perpetual injunction restraining Governor Godwin Obaseki and the Edo State House of Assembly from stopping Shaibu from performing the functions of his office.
It further ordered the Inspector General of Police to immediately restore all his security details.
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