The All Progressives Congress caucus
in the House of Representatives on
Monday said that it had “enough
grounds” to initiate impeachment
proceedings against President
Goodluck Jonathan but that was not
in a hurry to do so.
The APC caucus said the time was
not yet ripe to initiate impeachment
against the President.
Minority Leader of the House, who is
also the APC leader in the House, Mr.
Femi Gbajabiamila, told The PUNCH
that neither the caucus nor the entire
National Assembly needed a directive
from the APC national leadership to
impeach the President.
He said lawmakers would monitor the
President for now, hoping that he
would amend his ways by addressing
the allegations raised by former
President Olusegun Obasanjo in his
controversial letter.
Gbajabiamila said, “As for
impeachment, there are enough
grounds for impeachment of the
President.
“The constitution says you need only
one ground, but we have more than
one ground already. So, the party
(APC) does not have to give us a
directive to impeach the President.
“Nobody wants to impeach the
President, but we will continue to
study the situation to see whether he
will sit up.”
He added that the opposition was
watching the Peoples Democratic
Party closely to see whether it would
impeach any of the five governors
who defected to the APC recently.
“Particularly interesting is the case of
Rivers State. We want to see how
they will use five legislators to
impeach a governor in that state,” he
stated.
Gbajabiamila said the “opposition
will respond in the most appropriate
manner” should any of the defected
governors lose their seat.
When contacted, the PDP caucus in
the House warned that it would resist
any move to discuss the
impeachment of Jonathan at the
House.
Deputy Majority Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor,
described such as “wishful thinking.”
He argued that the National
Assembly would not contemplate
impeaching the President because
“one external group” said it should do
so.
“Their call is even based on
inconsequential issues that negate
the spirit of the 1999 Constitution,” he
said.
Ogor noted that Jonathan was
elected by Nigerians, who could also
opt to “impeach” him by refusing to
return him to the Presidency in 2015.
Investigations showed that there was
no formal communication between
the national leadership of the APC
and its members in the National
Assembly on the issue.
Findings revealed that most APC
lawmakers got to know of the
directive to impeach Jonathan from
the publication of the statement by
their interim National Publicity
Secretary, Mr. Lai Mohammed, in
some newspapers.
“Such a discussion has not taken
place. We have not been contacted,
or should I say, I am not aware. The
party has not contacted us formally
about the impeachment issue,” one
APC member in the House confided in
The PUNCH on Monday.
Meanwhile, the Chairman, Senate
Committee on Rules and Business,
Senator Ita Enang, on Monday said
the Senate would not heed the call by
the APC to commence impeachment
proceedings against the President.
Enang warned the APC to “stop
employing cheap blackmail to take
over power through the back door.”
He said, “The National Assembly
cannot heed the call of the APC or
treat the content of former President
Obasanjo’s letter.
“The letter from former President
Olusegun Obasanjo’s letter was not
addressed to the National Assembly.
“The issue of impeachment has not
arisen. The issue of impeachment of
the president has not at all arisen.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/weve-enough-grounds-to-impeach-jonathan-apc-reps/

Jona don turn to football wey dem dey play for yard

U can't impeach a president in Nigeria where corruption is legal...

Jonathan shld just throw in some money and other APC will be amazed that their other APC counterparts whom they've both agreed to the impeachment will refuse to raise their hand in support... na today?

Now I can see why Ameachi is happy in APC they have promised him safety. Jonathan cant initiate impeachment against Ameachi except he himself want to be impeached. See condition!

omiobo: Now I can see why Ameachi is happy in APC they have promised him safety. Jonathan cant initiate impeachment against Ameachi except he himself want to be impeached. See condition!

Jona don enter one chance be that. I am so sure Jonathan will be at his best behavior from now onward..........


Now I see why Amaechi said on Sunday that he ain't going anywhere from now till 2015.

So what y'all waiting for? Ghana Must Go Bags? #useless #politicians

all these kata kata no dey help our country in terms of technological advancement and economic development. political thuggery does jot pay in hard currency

all these kata kata no dey help our country in terms of technological advancement and economic development. political thuggery does jot pay in hard currency

all these kata kata no dey help our country in terms of technological advancement and economic development. political thuggery does jot pay in hard currency

President Goodluck Jonathan
remains the best President Nigeria
has ever had. Ride On Sir!

Princess2be: President Goodluck Jonathan
remains the best President Nigeria
has ever had. Ride On Sir!

Did i hear you saying best?
Haba!
Effect of too much s3x dey worrying your thinking.

ceo4eva: Honestly, APC are just trying to get UNDESERVED ATTENTION with all these propaganda on the pages of Newspapers. Are these lawmakers better off? They should show us an example by cutting their massive UNDESERVED allowances by half. These Lawmakers are only trying to capitalize on the present challenges facing the present Administration, to pretend they are still active and relevant. Bunch of Incompetent and Clueless Individuals! We know them!

+1

one najeria!

There is enough grounds to also impeach all of you in that National assembly. What have you all been doing with your constituency projects allocations since 1999 ?