Eight days after suspended Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agebaku resigned his position, he was on Monday, 24 August, 2026 formally impeached from the exalted seat, reports thegazellenews.com.
The motion for the formal impeachment of Agebaku was moved by the Majority Leader, Sunny Ojiezele, and seconded by the member representing Etsako Central, Ahmed Waziri.
Yekini Idaiye, lawmaker representing Akoko-Edo I, was then elected as his replacement.
Thegazellenews.com recalled that Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency I, had, on Monday, August 17, 2026, resigned his position as Speaker of the House.
Yekini Idaiye
However, eight days after the controversy began, the House converted Agbebaku’s resignation to impeachment.
The new Speaker, Idaiye, backed by some lawmakers, said the impeachment notice was signed by 17 members of the House.
According to him, impeachment notice was formally presented by the Majority Leader during last Monday’s plenary, noting that the indefinite suspension had been converted to impeachment because Agbebaku’s resignation notice had not been officially presented and documented days after he was suspended.
The Speaker, who stated that Agbebaku was impeached and did not resign from office, also directed Agbebaku to return all government property in his possession.
The new Speaker threatened that security agencies would be engaged if he failed to comply with the directive of the House.
“This is to let the public know that the Edo State House of Assembly has formally impeached the suspended Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku.
“And the impeached Speaker is to return all government property in his possession, and security agencies would be engaged if the former Speaker fails to comply with the directive of the House,” Idaiye added.
