Ex-Edo Assembly Speaker Agbebaku kicks against impeachment

The contiguous past Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has kicked against his impeachment, insisting that helium voluntarily resigned from the position.

DAILY POST reports that Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency, faulted the impeachment successful a connection posted connected the Facebook leafage of his erstwhile media aide, Mrs Ivy Adodo Ebojele.

His resignation letter, dated August 17, 2026, and addressed to the Office of the Speaker, was besides posted connected his Facebook page.

Recall that during plenary connected Monday, August 24, 2026, the lawmakers converted Agbebaku’s resignation into an impeachment.

The Majority Leader of the House, Sunny Ojiezele, had alleged that the resignation missive did not travel owed parliamentary procedure.

The lawmakers subsequently converted the resignation to impeachment pursuing a question seconded by Ahmed Oshioma Waziri, representing Etsako Central Constituency.

Reacting to the development, Agbebaku maintained that helium voluntarily resigned arsenic Speaker of the House.

In a connection titled, ‘Setting the Record Straight: I resigned, I was not impeached’, the erstwhile Speaker said helium personally handed his resignation missive to the Majorit...