Federal High Court in Abuja has reinstated Philip Shuaibu as Edo State Deputy Governor after being impeached by the State’s House of Assembly.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court declared the impeachment procedure of the legislators as invalid and not even enough to dismiss the Deputy Governor.
Omotosho gave a legal verdict, exercising that the dismissal of Philip Shuaibu went against the legal provisions as entrenched in our constitution.
However, after ruling the against the dismissal of the Deputy Governor, the court also ordered the Inspector General of Police to reinstate the security details of Philip Shuaibu.