‘You can’t impeach someone who resigned’ – Lawyers blast Edo Assembly over Agbebaku move

Legal practitioners person faulted the determination of the Edo State House of Assembly to person the resignation of its contiguous past Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, to impeachment.

The lawyers expressed their concerns soon aft the Assembly on Monday altered the presumption of Agbebaku’s departure from resignation to impeachment.

Those who reacted included Paschal Ugbomeh, a erstwhile Chief Whip of the Edo State House of Assembly, and Afebu Aigbonoga, Esq.

Ugbomeh questioned the legality of the Assembly’s action, asking what offence the lawmakers were seeking to impeach Agbebaku for aft helium had already resigned from office.

He said it was unclear whether the lawmakers were attempting to impeach Agbebaku arsenic a erstwhile Speaker, stressing that a idiosyncratic who had voluntarily near bureau could nary longer beryllium removed from an bureau helium nary longer occupied.

According to him, members of the House, arsenic lawmakers, are expected to uphold and use the instrumentality successful their actions.

“It is comic to perceive that a House of Assembly impeached a erstwhile Speaker who had resigned. The antheral has resigned and determination is nary bureau to impeach anymore, but if you are impeaching him arsenic a erstwhile Speaker.

“They should aftermath up to their resp...