{
  "id": 3067907,
  "title": "‘You can’t impeach someone who resigned’ – Lawyers blast Edo Assembly over Agbebaku move",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/you-cant-impeach-someone-who-resigned-lawyers-blast-edo-assembly-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T16:57:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/24/you-cant-impeach-someone-who-resigned-lawyers-blast-edo-assembly-over-agbebaku-move/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Legal experts have criticized the Edo State House of Assembly's recent decision to change the status of former Speaker Blessing Agbebaku's resignation to impeachment. Lawyers Paschal Ugbomeh and Afebu Aigbonoga voiced their concerns, urging the Assembly to uphold the law. Ugbomeh questioned the legal basis for the move, asking what offence Agbebaku was being accused of when he had already resigned. He emphasized that a person who left office voluntarily could not be removed from an office he no longer occupied. Aigbonoga argued that there is no provision in the 1999 Constitution or the Assembly's rules for converting a resignation into impeachment, especially after a successor has taken office. He explained that while Section 92(2)(c) outlines the removal of a Speaker through a two-thirds majority resolution, Section 306 deals with voluntary resignation. Both experts warned that changing a resignation into impeachment could lead to serious constitutional and legal questions.",
  "summary": "Legal practitioners have faulted the decision of the Edo State House of Assembly to convert the resignation of its immediate past Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, to impeachment. The lawyers expressed their concerns shortly after the Assembly on Monday altered the status of Agbebaku’s departure from resignation to impeachment. Those who reacted included Paschal Ugbomeh, a former Chief Whip […] ‘You…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Post Nigeria",
        "title": "Edo Assembly formally impeaches suspended ex-speaker, Agbebaku",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/edo-assembly-formally-impeaches-suspended-ex-speaker-agbebaku",
        "published": "2026-08-24T13:57:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}