Reinstatement: Again, Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu floors Obaseki, others

●As Abuja court fines Obaseki, speaker, others N200,000 each

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out an application by the Edo State Government seeking to stop the reinstatement of the state Deputy Governor Comrade, Philip Shaibu, into his rightful office.

The trial high court judge, Justice James Omotosho, dismissed the application after hearing out parties in the case.

Specifically, the judge held that he could not grant the application as he had earlier given a judgement reinstating Comrade Philip Shaibu.

He therefore dismissed the application with a fine of N200,000 against the applicants.

Justice Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja had earlier in July 2024 reinstated Philip Shaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State, weeks after he was impeached by the state assembly.

Justice Omotoso had declared the impeachment by the Edo State House of Assembly as illegal, unconstitutional, null, and void.

The court held that the said impeachment was in gross violation of the provisions of both sections 188 and 35 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended.

Aside from restoring Shaibu, the court also ordered that his salaries and allowances should be paid to him from April when he was impeached as the deputy governor of the state.

The court 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.

Justice Omotosho also ordered the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun to restore his security details, which the IGP had complied with