As the fight between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, gets dirtier, the Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) has lambasted the Edo State House of Assembly and the governor for refusing to receive a Federal High Court summon against the planned impeachment moves against the Deputy Governor, Philip Shaibu.
The Coalition lamented the way and manners in which the state assembly was desperately plotting to remove the deputy governor despite pleas from well-meaning Nigerians and religious bodies as embarrassing even as the group reaffirmed its position that the deputy governor remains innocent of the trumped-up allegations.
The chairman of CRPP in the state, Dr Samson Isibor, who stated this yesterday in Benin said, “Most disturbing is the rejection of the Federal High Court Summons delivered to the House of Assembly by the Federal High Court Bailiff who was harassed and chased out by the Assembly security men on the orders of the leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly.
“It is quite appalling that the lawmakers that are supposed to honour a court summons should behave arrogantly, harass and chase out a harmless Court Bailiff discharging his constitutional duty from one of the three arms of Government recognized by the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria the act of the assembly is condemnable.
“The assembly failed to realize that the case is not a personal issue, Those who live in glass houses must not throw stones, if they believe in justice and fair play they should gladly honour the court summons and present their allegations against the Deputy Governor in an open court instead of displaying rascality.
A clean mind fears no Accusation.
“We had earlier affirmed the innocence of the Deputy Governor of any accusation level against him, rather it was witch-hunting and political victimization of the highest order by Governor Obaseki because his Deputy dared come out to exercise his constitutional right to be voted for.”
The group, however, said that everyone has a right to exercise his or her constitutional right to participate in any election, adding that Obaseki has no power to stop Shaibu from voting or being voted for.
