SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber,The PUNCHlearnt in Abuja.
One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed our correspondent the list containing the signatures of the senators.
The source said eight Peoples Democratic Party senators were among the signatories to the planned impeachment notice.
There are 109 members in the Senate.
An All Progressives Congress senator from the North-West zone, who asked not to be named,told our correspondent that the lawmakers’ major grouse was the President’s handling of the economy and political affairs of the country.
The senator cited poor implementation of the national budget since 2011, alleged high level of corruption and “gross disregard” of the legislature at both the federal and state levels as topping the list of lawmakers’ anger against Jonathan.
Asked whether he realised that the process of impeachment could be tedious and cumbersome, the senator said, “ We know and we are prepared to show the President that we have responsibility to the people and the nation in general.
“We are prepared to lay the impeachment notice anytime from next week. Meetings are already being held.”
Senator Ibrahim Musa (APC Niger North) confirmed that there were moves by some members of the Senate to initiate impeachment proceedings against the President but failed to give details.
“I think there is something like that but I don’t have the details, it is still coming as a rumour,” Musa said.
ButThe PUNCHlearnt that the impeachment move against the President had really gained momentum with the APC senators mobilising themselves to carry out the exercise anytime from next week.
Investigations by our correspondent revealed that some PDP senators, who were initially at the forefront of the struggle, had retreated following the intervention of the senate leadership and the promise of automatic tickets by the party.
It was learnt that the PDP senators had been pleading with their APC colleagues to hold on till next week pending the outcome of the moves by the senate leadership to ensure the realisation of the automatic tickets agreement they had with the PDP and Jonathan.
An APC senator told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the impeachment letter contains the signature of both the APC and PDP senators.
He explained that the letter could not be laid on the floor of the senate because some PDP senators appealed to them to delay the action.
He said, “The truth of the matter is that the impeachment notice would have been laid if not for our colleagues in the PDP who pleaded with us to delay the process pending when the senate leadership would come up with the result of its efforts at securing automatic tickets for them.
“In any case the process had started but if we submit the letter now, the signatures of the PDP senators will be there and the party might want to use that as an excuse to deny them their automatic tickets.”
The PDP senators contacted by our correspondent on the issue declined to make comment.
However, one of them who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the process of impeachment had not been suspended.

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alws fighting when they have something to gain.so they knw that d impeachment process may b cumbersome yet dy want to give all they have to make it works.they should channel their energy into passing so many bills hanging there.

am getting tired of ds whole sh*t.

Touch not my anointed(GEJ) and do my prophet(sambo) no harm

wait now to complete his tenure, why now,when it remains just few days to the election.

I and my family would surely vote out Jonathan come 2015.......meanwhile, we are christians

Why is it difficult to reproduce or photocopy the list with the said signatures as a proof to this report?

Why are our media engaging in junk journalism and gossip mongering?


Why not kill the gossip if the proof is not forthcoming, the opposition has mastered the act of lying and deception by portraying their failed assumptions as consensus decision.

Don't be surprise to see this report deleted from punchng website in the future

[size=14pt]The so called impeachment is only in the media?
Why are the so called 63 senators faceless?
I'll laugh at APC if they fail ti carry it out.[/size]

Nairaland

APC media wing concocting lies and propaganda since 1800AD.

Senator speaking in anonimity, a Senator who pleaded not to be named, a pdp Senator (No name), all imagination of apc paid writer.

Let them start already, No need signing paper. Mad gorillas.

This is the best time for some people in the House to smile to the bank. While some are busy scheming, some (businessmen in the house) would be in Aso rock collecting their GEJ-must-not-go bags stached with mints just to oppose the move.

Why can't they wait to impeach him at the poll instead. How many months more, at best days, do we have before the general election? All i see is a flash in the pan gragra.

this article eh very hilarious and disillusion

Continue to make ur self happy
In reality
Gej till 2019

sammyyoung2:
I and my family would surely vote out Jonathan come 2015.......meanwhile, we are christians

Lmao @ picture.

sammyyoung2:
I and my family would surely vote out Jonathan come 2015.......meanwhile, we are christians

YOU ARE NOT. YOU ARE A MUSLIM HOOLIGAN, A JIHADIST AND AN APC E-GOAT.

If they impeach, then the people should take all these senators to the guillotine. That way we can move forward with the revolutiom

Goddex:
[size=14pt]The so called impeachment is only in the media. I'll laugh at APC if they fail ti carry it out.[/size]

in oda news ........ 21pdp reps set to join APC. Presido trying in his stride to disintegrate his party

dey make pant dey wear u.u fink PDP guys in d national Assembly r happy wt d Impunity currently going on.was it not a PDP member I learnt slapped mark DAT day wn he went to settle d police /tambuwal issue.

Ngwakwe:
Why is it difficult to reproduce or photocopy the list with the said signatures as a proof to this report?

Why are our media engaging in junk journalism and gossip mongering?


Why not kill the gossip if the proof is not forthcoming, the opposition has mastered the act of lying and deception by portraying their failed assumptions as consensus decision.

Don't be surprise to see this report deleted from punchng website in the future

Dramas

Can't belief this people are still 'backing up'.Why not impeach him lets see.Its getting to a week now this backing-up,signing of impeachment letter,and all what not,has been in the media,how long will it take you idiots to dare it?.

Meanwhile,its Gej till 2019.

Impossibilty

ok.

those in support of operation pull GEJ down (OPG) must be collective and individually be pull down while GEJ will remain on the top till 2019

63 small na. Lawmakers be warned, Oga jona is not OBJ that arthur nzeribe can intimidate

Ok

Chaos before the actual Chaos!


Watching...

They should just "tread with caution"!

So many problem on ground already!

thank GOD!!!!!

Goddex:
[size=14pt]The so called impeachment is only in the media?
Why are the so called 63 senators faceless?
I'll laugh at APC if they fail ti carry it out.[/size]

did you read what the OP wrote very well? if truly you did, then you would have seen the part that clearly states why it has not been made public.
Please learn to read with your eyes open and your brain functioning.
Its gona help your daft foundation