The move to impeach the embattled deputy governor of Edo state Philip Shaibu has not gone down well with indigenes of Jattu, in Edo North where the deputy governor comes from.
On Thursday, thousands of youths, women and men, yesterday, protested to register their anger at the plot to impeach Shaibu, calling on the Edo State House of Assembly to stop the impeachment move against the embattled deputy governor.
The protesters moved around some major roads in Jattu and later terminated at the popular Utokwe Junction and called on the State and National Working Committee, NWC, of the PDP to wade into an impeachment move against Shaibu.
One of the protesters, Mellow Oshiomah, said they were worried over the prolonged feud between leaders of the party in Edo State and urged them to embrace peace in the interest of the PDP.
Other speakers including Mr. Aminu Umosor, Gafata Emmanuel and Haija Anetu Momodu, said they would mobilise the people of the state and the PDP to work against the party if they continue with the plan to impeach Shaibu as Edo deputy governor.
They said this was to show the Edo people that they stand by Philip Shaibu and the mandate they gave him, noting that, if Governor Godwin Obaseki and the House of Assembly were ready for dialogue and true reconciliation, they should come with clean hands and not impeachment notice.
They said going ahead with the process would not be good for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, as it prepares for the election.
The protesters, however, appealed to the lawmakers to stay clear of any move to impeach the deputy governor to give the state its desired peace.
Impeachment: Jattu Indigenes Protest Shaibu’s impeachment process Calls For True Reconciliation
