Impeachment: Shaibu Reports Edo Chief Judge To NJC

Impeached Edo State Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu has written to the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, in his quest to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, who he accuses of abuse of office.

Shaibu was impeached on Monday by the State House of Assembly following the adoption of the report of a seven-man panel set up by the Chief Judge of the state.

The impeachment panel had investigated allegations of misconduct and perjury levelled against the former by the House.

But Shaibu, in a letter from the Chambers of B.I. Dakum and Co, dated April 8, 2024, applied to the CJN, who doubles as chairman of the National Judicial Council, for a leave to obtain a complaint form to file a formal petition against the Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa.

The letter signed by Barrister Adaze A. Emwanta, a former commissioner for Information and Orientation to Governor Godwin Obaseki, seeks to institute a petition of abuse of office, official misconduct and desecration of oath of office by the Edo Chief Judge.

Emwanta added that the letter was to formally request for a complaint form as prescribed under the judicial Discipline Regulations 2017, to enable his client file his complaint against the state Chief Judge.