The seven-man panel set up by the Edo State Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, to investigate the allegation of gross misconducts levelled against the state deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, today fixed Friday, April 5, 2024, for final adjournment for the deputy governor to defend himself.
The panel took the decision when it resumed its sitting today, and the deputy governor and his counsel were absent.
The chairman of the panel, Justice S. A Omonuwa (retd.), said that the panel would wait to see if the defendant would open his defence and thereafter called for the defendant.
When it became apparent that the defendant, Shaibu, was absent and was not represented, Justice Omonuwa called for appearance for the plaintiff, the Edo State House of Assembly, which initiated the impeachment process.
The Legal Officer, Edo State House of Assembly, N.U. Ibrahim, announced his appearance for the Assembly with two others.
The chairman then ruled that the panel would still adjourn to give the defendant the opportunity to appear before it to present his defence