The Coalition of Registered Political Parties (CRPP) in Edo state has urged members of a panel constituted to investigate allegations against Mr. Philip Shaibu, the embattled deputy governor of Edo state to turn down their appointments on moral ground of justice and fair play.
The Chief Judge of Edo state, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, weekend constituted a seven-member panel following the resolution of the House of Assembly directing same.
In a statement issued on Sunday by chairman of the group, Dr. Samson Isibor, the CRPP said the legislators resolution should not be implemented because it (Assembly )had allegedly turned down an originating summon sent by a Federal High Court.
The CRPP chair said the summon was in connection with a suit filed by Philip Shaibu against the House of Assembly.
Isibor also claimed that the court bailiff was harassed and chased out of the assembly complex by security men, allegedly on the orders of the assembly leadership.
He stated further that, “these actions of the Edo state assembly lawmakers, now law breakers, ought to be viewed seriously as a slight on the judiciary.
“The same judiciary assented to the request of the state assembly that the Chief Judge should constitute a panel to probe Phillip Shaibu.”
The statement recalled a development in Ondo state where the Chief Judges on two different occasions stood their ground and refused to do the biddings of the power that be and that of the state assembly.
“Peace thereafter returned to Ondo state automatically,” it added.
