

BREAKING: Local govt council chairman, vice impeached, house leader, majority leader suspended
The House immediately swore in Kelvin Eguakun, the leader of the legislative arm, as the acting chairman of the council.
Moving the motion for the impeachment, Nosakhare Isiegbuwa, at plenary on Friday, December 27, 2024, said the report submitted by the seven-man panel appointed to probe the allegations of gross misconduct against the chairman and vice chairman found the duo guilty of all the allegations.
In a unanimous voice vote, the councillors impeached the chairman and vice chairman.
According to DAILY POST, the impeachment proceedings were formally documented in the Edo State Government Gazette.
The gazetted document notified the affected officials of the initiation of impeachment proceedings in line with the Edo Local Government Bye-law on Pro-Action Notices, Legislative Privileges, and Impeachment Procedures For Elected Council Officials, 2024.
The impeached council chairman, Eghe Ogbemudia, is the daughter of the late General Samuel Ogbemudia, the former military governor of the old Midwest and Bendel states.
He was also a civilian governor of old Bendel State in 1983. He ruled for three months before the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari was overthrown by the former military government of General Muhammadu Buhari on December 31, 1983
Credit: Daily Post