Senators indicate interest
No fewer than 20 senators are believed to
have signed a motion seeking to institute
impeachment proceedings against the
president.
A senator said already “more than 20 of us
have signed the motion and we are edging
closer to getting 2/3.”
Is the threat to remove President Jonathan
real?
Do have your say!


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Great wars have often been started
with few utterances. So is the
unfolding battle of wits between the
legislative and executive arms of
government in Nigeria.
It was the seemingly inconsequential
decision of the member representing
Kebbe/Tambuwal Federal
Constituency, Alhaji Aminu Waziri
Tambuwal to defect from the Peoples
Democratic Party, PDP, the party on
whose platform he was elected into
the House of Representatives that is
now snowballing into a monumental
battle between the National Assembly
and the executive branches of
government. Tambuwal who defected
is, however, no ordinary member. He is
the speaker of the House whose
popularity as speaker has been
unmatched in the history of the
Fourth Republic.
It was thus significant that when the
police took the unprecedented act of
blocking his way to the House
penultimate Thursday that it aroused
a passionate wave of resentment
against the executive arm of
government which has control of the
police.
On that day, Thursday, 20th
November, 2014, the police for the
first time breached the sovereignty
of the legislative arm by also shooting
tear gas at the speaker and other
legislators who pushed the way for him
to enter the National Assembly
complex.
Significantly, while the police
questioned the authority of Tambuwal
as speaker, the members of the House
of Representatives on that day did
not share that doubt as they without
exception accorded him the honour of
speaker of the House. No one on that
day questioned his authority.
It was as such not shocking that even
before the legislators settled down
that day that cries of impeachment of
the president rented the air within
the chambers of the House of
Representatives.
“Jonathan must go,” We cannot
tolerate this anymore,” many of the
angry legislators fumed on that day.
With the sense of outrage over the
treatment of their presiding officer,
boiling over, members on that day
immediately commenced the collection
of signatures for the impeachment of
the president. By the end of the day it was claimed
that not less than 120 signatures had
been collected in support of an
impeachment notice to be served on
the president.
The move in the Senate, it was learnt
has also been subtly commenced in the
Senate. Senators were not the least
provoked by the action of the police
which some senators say is a clear
violation of the Legislative Powers Act
which forbids anyone from
obstructing legislators from the
performance of their duties.
Senators indicate interest
No fewer than 20 senators are
believed to have signed a motion
seeking to institute impeachment
proceedings against the president.
A senator said already “more than 20
of us have signed the motion and we
are edging closer to getting 2/3.”
It was gathered that the
impeachment notice is being collated
by a senator from one of the states
of the South West geo-political zone.
“We are determined to take it to
whatever level because things cannot
continue like this,” he said.
Based on provisions of the 1999
Constitution, 1/3 of Senators must
append their signatures to the motion
before the president can be served
the impeachment notice.
Consequently, 36 of the 109 members
are required to activate the process
of impeachment in the Senate, our
correspondent reports.
Jonathan’s sins
Members of the House who initiated
the move are said to have identified
over 50 constitutional violations
against the president, which would
form part of the impeachment notice.
A ranking officer in the House who
revealed this said both chambers have
resolved to work together for the
common good of the country by
impeaching President Jonathan for
“incompetence, corruption and
unprecedented impunity.”
He revealed that the impeachment plot
against the president was not a
partisan affair, explaining that
lawmakers from all the political
parties have identified with the
“cause” and will not give up until the
President is “sent packing.”
“I’m sure you read the reports today
that senators are going to move
against Jonathan. Now you can
confirm that the impeachment thing
is not about APC. It is a non-partisan
cause. We have all resolved that the
man (President Jonathan) must go.
“Never in the history of Nigeria has a
leader displayed such crass
incompetence as we have seen in
President Jonathan. It is glaring and
you can feel it. Mr. President, with
due respect, has shown that he is not
capable of running this country. That
is the basic truth”, he stated.
According to the lawmaker, over 50
impeachable offences have been
identified against the president and
members of the House would work
closely with the Senate to ensure that
the president is impeached.
APC lawmakers join fight
Lawmakers from the opposition All
Progressives Congress (APC) have
also joined in the agitation.
The Minority Leader of the House and
the leader of the APC Caucus, Femi
Gbajabiamila, vowed that the
opposition will not go to sleep in the
House.
In a statement entitled: “We Will
Continue to be Vigilant Against
Unlawful Tactics of Jonathan,’
Gbajamiamila expressed sadness over
the events that led himself and other
members into scaling over the
National Assembly gate before
gaining entrance into the National
Assembly penultimate Thursday.
Though the members may have
obtained the 120 benchmark needed to
commence the removal process of the
president, it remains doubtable if the
members would go on with the plan
given the grave implications that it
may entail.

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What kind of early morning joke is this ? 20 members only ? Infact let me add 40 more signatures to that 20 to make it 60. Let me sound a warning to the lawmakers that Oga jona is not OBJ that an arthur nzeribe intimidates. Quote me

story for the Gods .
Impeach GEJ and watch Nigeria divide overnight

ofiafuluego:
story for the Gods .
Impeach GEJ and watch Nigeria divide overnight

So day shdnt impeach him and let him continue with such reckless impunity abi?

I am from d south-south but to me Jonathan is just pitiful bastard. Am sick and fuccking tired of all his bullshhits, especially dose from his "untouchable madam" of a wife and his stupid and toutish okupes.

#Jona Must Go# :@

Now the south south would start threatening Nigeria here and dere and making noises we are all bored of hearing screw Nigeria let us not deceive our selves it is high time we break up if it is not Christian dis it is Muslim dat if it is not militant this it is bokoharam dah or North dis south dah we are tired!!!!!!! Support the break up of Nigeria we jus can't mix