Court Declares Impeachment Of Edo LG Chairman Illegal, Orders Immediate Reinstatement

An Edo State High Court sitting in Igarra, Akoko-Edo Local Government Area, has ordered the immediate reinstatement of the impeached chairman of the local government, Taju Alade.

Naija News reports that the presiding judge, Justice B. A. Okoh, in his ruling on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, declared the impeachment illegal and directed the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to provide him with the needed security to resume office.

Okoh, in his declaratory judgment, also stated that the court has jurisdiction, contrary to the state government’s challenge that the court does not have jurisdiction.

Meanwhile, the Director General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Council, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen has reacted to the sealing of his property, Eterno Hotel, by the Edo State Government.

Naija News reports that the Edo government had shut down the hotel located on Aiguobasimwin Crescent, off Ikpokpan Road in the Government Reservation Area of Benin City.

It was shut down by officials of the Edo State Development and Building Control Agency.

An official notice bearing the code “29.425 ESDBCA” was pasted on the premises.

The ESDBCA is responsible for enforcing state regulations on urban planning, development, and building control.

Speaking to reporters on the development, he said, “I was at home when my manager called to inform me that officials were sealing off the hotel.

“I asked to speak with the government agents, but they refused to take my calls. I rushed down to the hotel and asked them what law I had violated, but they simply said they were acting on government orders.”