Some Senators on the platform of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) have reportedly started
move to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.
The Punch gathered on Monday that the senators
commenced the move over what they termed the
high level of impunity and corruption allegedly
being condoned by the Jonathan-led
administration.
It was gathered that the senators have already
started compiling impeachable offences against
the country’s number one citizen.
A senator on the platform of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) who spoke on condition of
anonymity revealed that his aggrieved PDP
colleagues in the upper chamber had started
reaching out to the opposition senators.
“I was personally consulted this evening over the
issue and I also cross-checked from my
colleagues who also told me that they had been
contacted. The grouse of the lawmakers,
according to the person that contacted me, was
that Jonathan’s handling of the last week
Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly by
the police was carelessly handled by the
Jonathan administration. From the look of things,
the proceedings will start on Tuesday because
some signatures had been collected already,” he
said.
However, another PDP senator who did not want
his name published asserted that Jonathan is not
capable of supervising over a free and fair
election in 2015.
“Our President is not in charge. We have seen
that he had allowed the governors to hijack
powers from him. He is just like a puppet and the
earlier we act fast, the better for us,” he said.
It was further gathered that APC senators have
threatened to raise Thursday’s invasion of the
National Assembly by security operatives at the
resumed plenary today (Tuesday).
The threat was conveyed by the group’s
spokesperson, Senator Babafemi Ojudu, a member
representing Ekiti Central on the platform of the
APC.
He said his colleagues were very annoyed with
the ways they were maltreated and molested by
the policemen, who were deployed in the National
Assembly on the orders of the Inspector – General
of Police, adding that majority of his members
opined that the IGP should not be allowed to
enter into the chambers, but should be asked to
resign for allegedly mocking federal lawmakers
who had done nothing wrong other than going to
carry out their lawful legislative duties.
“We (APC Senators) are holding a crucial meeting
this (Monday) night to take a final decision on
the matter because majority of us are really
angry. Some are even of the opinion that we
should demand the resignation or sacking of the
IGP. I can assure you that the issue of the
National Assembly invasion by the police would
be raised when we resume sitting tomorrow
(Tuesday), but we are going to take a single
position on the matter at our meeting tonight,”
Ojudu said.
Meanwhile, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe, Chairman,
Senate Committee on Information, Media and
Public Affairs had in an interview on Saturday
insisted that the Senate would not be thrown into
any chaotic situation over the Thursday’s
invasion of the National Assembly by security
operatives.
Abaribe, who hinted that the IGP would appear
before the Senate also, promised Nigerians that
the matter would be handled with maturity.
“The Senate will discuss the invasion of the
National Assembly by security operatives when it
reconvenes on Tuesday. Already we have invited
the Inspector – General of Police to find out who
gave the order for the harassment of federal
lawmakers last Thursday. So, I do not anticipate
any form of stormy session during our sitting next
Tuesday. I can assure you that the Senate is
made up of gentlemen and women who are very
senior citizens of the Nigerian society. Therefore,
you cannot expect the Senate to act, except in a
decorous manner,” he said.
He also stated that the Senate would deliberate
on the extension of emergency rule in the three
troubled states of Yobe, Adamawa and Borno,
contrary to speculations that the matter had
ended since the period of emergency had passed.
“We had invited the service chiefs and we will find
out from them, the update on the insurgency
situation in the north-eastern states of Adamawa,
Borno and Yobe so that we can address the issue
of the state of emergency requested by President
Goodluck Jonathan,” Abaribe said.
It would be recalled that the House of Assembly
was blocked by the police on Thursday, November
20, prior to the scheduled plenary on extension of
emergency rule in some troubled states.
However, Niger Delta former militants have issued
a dire warning to members of the House of
Representatives over the alleged plot to impeach
President Goodluck Jonathan.




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