Following the call by the All
Progressives Congress, APC, for the
impeachment of President Goodluck
Jonathan, some Nigerians are of the
opinion that the allegations levelled
against him by former President
Olusegun Obasanjo in an 18-page
letter should be investigated first
before any impeachment.
Our respondents explained that it is
when the allegations are found to be
true that the National Assembly
should commence impeachment
proceedings against the president.
The APC, on Sunday called for the
impeachment of Jonathan on
allegations of gross misconduct.
Reacting to the APC call for
impeachment this morning, human
rights activist, Bamidele Aturu, said
asking for impeachment of the
president based on allegations not
proven was uncalled for.
“I don’t think we can ask for
impeachment when the allegations
are not investigated. This is simply
premature. The allegations made by
Obasanjo need to be investigated.
“APC should not think of getting to
power through another means but
through the ballot box, especially
when issues complained about have
not been investigated. If the facts are
investigated tomorrow and proved, I
will call for Jonathan’s impeachment
any day,” he said.
In his own reaction, Lagos lawyer,
Festus Keyamo, said it is within the
rights of APC to call for the
president’s impeachment, saying that
the party had become the most virile
opposition since independence in
1960.
He stated that the allegations
contained in Obasanjo’s letter to
Jonathan had sent jitters down the
spine of the presidency.
“The country belongs to us all. If the
allegations levelled against the
president are true, then they are
impeachable offences.
“The president needs to be
investigated and if it’s true, action
should be taken. You can’t say
somebody is training a killer squad
and the allegation will not be
investigated,” Keyamo said.
Former Governor of Kaduna State,
Alhaji Balarabe Musa, urged the
National Assemby to investigate the
allegations against the president and
determine whether they were
impeachable offences or not.
According to him, the allegations
contained in Obasanjo’s letter should
be thoroughly investigated.
“The bribery allegation levelled by the
CBN governor, Lamido Sanusi,
against one of the ministers serving
under Jonathan should be
investigated. The ones made by the
Speaker of the House of
Representatives that Jonathan is
encouraging corruption should be
investigated. If these allegations are
true, they amount to gross
misconduct and impeachable
offences,” Musa said.
Convener, Coalition Against Corrupt
Leaders, Comrade Debo Adeniran,
said the president cannot be
impeached on allegations not proven.
“APC’s call for the impeachment of
Jonathan should not be based on the
allegations in the letter written by
Obasanjo because these allegations
are not confirmed, but if confirmed,
impeachment process can then
begin,” he said.
Director, Muslim Rights Concern,
MURIC, Prof. Lakin Akintola, called
for outright impeachment of
Jonathan, saying the president is not
leading the nation in the right
direction.
He accused Jonathan of misusing the
powers of his office to hunt down
perceived opponents, adding that the
longer he stayed in power, the worst
for the nation.
In his own reaction, the Lagos State
Chairman of the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP, Captain Tunji Shelle,
described the APC stand as absurd.
Shelle said that the APC as an
opposition party is looking for co-
travellers and relevance by all means,
adding that is why they are
romancing some PDP governors.
“It is unfortunate that a party without
a clear cut ideology, a party that is
full of people with unskilled character,
a party that is not ready to bear one
name and stand by it, a party that
changes like chameleon, a party that
wants the downfall of the incumbent
government, a party that doesn’t
stand on its own except it merges
with others, definitely, you expect a
reaction like this.
“If a former president levelled an
allegation, that is personal to him,
that is his personal opinion. If they
have room to investigate, why didn’t
they investigate instead of calling for
impeachment. Because some people
had defected to their party, they think
it will be easy for them, No.
“Those people who left PDP are on
their own. They did not go with any
member. Example is Rivers State.
Amaechi defected and the Senators,
House of Reps members and the state
lawmakers did not go with him.
Same in Sokoto, Adamawa and other
states. The APC is making wrong
calculations. Structures still count in
PDP.
The Lagos State Publicity Secretary of
the PDP, Taofeek Gani, said that the
call by the APC for the impeachment
of President Goodluck Jonathan,
based on the alleged information
contained in the letter written by
Obasanjo, has further confirmed
members of the APC as anarchists.
“Nigerians should not take them
serious. They have become a
nuisance to the polity. One is
surprised that a party that touted
itself as a progressive party will on
the basis of a mere letter demand for
the impeachment of the president of a
country when such letter has not
been investigated and the man at the
centre of the allegations has not been
given time to defend himself.
“This has shown that for any
opportunity that the APC has, it will
be used inimically in the country.
They are not progressives, they are
reactionaries and anarchists. What
they want to do is to fester disunity
and acrimony in the land. They
should wait till 2015 to test their
popularity before Nigerians and not
attempt to get from the back door
what they are supposed to get at the
polls,” he stated.
The Chairman of the PDP’s Elders
Forum, Dr. Abayomi Finnih said what
everybody should be concerned with
is how to make the country peaceful
and not over heating the polity.
“I have not really studied what they
hinged the impeachment on. I heard
it like a rumour. I have not gone into
the details of what issues they want
to raise on the impeachment process.
What everybody should be concerned
about should be the peace of this
nation. This is not the time to start
over heating the polity,” he said.
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Honestly, there's no need to impeach Jonathan now, to avoid heating up the polity. He should tackle corruption squarely and provide more democracy dividends to the masses. It's Never Late Now! We Need Action!

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

APC vs GEJ
just watching

Tackle which corruption?

I gave my wife money to prepare my favourite food and enough money for surplus meat. She divided the money, bought small meat and prepared the food.

To serve the food, she ate five meats in the kitchen and served ten for both of us, during the meal she took five meats and left five for me having taken five in the kitchen.

My question then is, how can GEJ fight this type of corruption?

NB: All actors in this short story are not real.

ceo4eva: Honestly, there's no need to impeach Jonathan now, to avoid heating up the polity. He should tackle corruption squarely and provide more democracy dividends to the masses. It's Never Late Now!

I hate most of what is going on in GEJ's govt but will
love to see him becoming the leader we are all hoping to have.

I don't think impeachment will b our answer. Change is.
he has the opportunity now . APC just promises us change in future.

Change now or we decided on the future.

DOES ALL THIS NOISE CHANGE THE FACT THAT GEJ WILL RULE TILL 2019?? HELL NO!!

Ngwakwe: Tackle which corruption?

I gave my wife money to prepare my favourite food and enough money for surplus meat. She divided the money, bought small meat and prepared the food.

To serve the food, she ate five meats in the kitchen and served ten for both of us, during the meal she took five meats and left five for me having taken five in the kitchen.

My question then is, how can GEJ fight this type of corruption?

NB: All actors in this short story are not real.

Did you enjoy the food with the 5 pieces of meat?

Ngwakwe: Tackle which corruption?

I gave my wife money to prepare my favourite food and enough money for surplus meat. She divided the money, bought small meat and prepared the food.

To serve the food, she ate five meats in the kitchen and served ten for both of us, during the meal she took five meats and left five for me having taken five in the kitchen.

My question then is, how can GEJ fight this type of corruption?

NB: All actors in this short story are not real.

Useless analogy! And you would be comfortable living with a thief as your wife

The Corruption is in your bedroom when you declared absolute loyalty to a political party full of dubious pasts and support their oppressive regimes without asking questions provided you earn a living through them.

Try being yourself and do away with your slave-masters for real.

Clerverly:

Useless analogy! And you would be comfortable living with a thief as your wife

Ngwakwe: Tackle which corruption?

I gave my wife money to prepare my favourite food and enough money for surplus meat. She divided the money, bought small meat and prepared the food.

To serve the food, she ate five meats in the kitchen and served ten for both of us, during the meal she took five meats and left five for me having taken five in the kitchen.

My question then is, how can GEJ fight this type of corruption?

NB: All actors in this short story are not real.

And our question is "Does ur story make any sense to you" ?
If it doesn't, how then do u expect it to make sense to others?

Ngwakwe: The Corruption is in your bedroom when you declared absolute loyalty to a political party full of dubious pasts and support their oppressive regimes without asking questions provided you earn a living through them.

Try being yourself and do away with your slave-masters for real.

But corruptions starts with supporting a corrupt person like you do here, day and night. As per earning a living.....we create wealth, not dependent on government like you do!