THE Court of Appeal in Port Harcourt on Wednesday reinstated Mr. Peremobowei Ebebi as Bayelsa State Deputy Governor.Ebebi was impeached by some members of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly in June 2010.

A High Court in Yenogoa, Bayelsa State had declined to hear the matter after the lawyer to Ebebi, Chief Alex Iziyon (SAN), had sought redress on the circumstances under which he (Ebebi) was impeached by the State House of Assembly.

But the appellate court had in its judgment, delivered by the presiding judge, Justice Datijo Muhammed, said due process was not followed in the impeachment of Ebebi.

Datijo directed the parties involved in the matter to maintain the status quo pending when a lower court, which was to hear the matter initially, carried out its responsibility of hearing the case.

He described Ebebi’s impeachment as the deputy governor while a suit was pending on as contempt of court and warned that indiscipline must be discouraged.
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