Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, a member of House of
Representatives has said the members of the
National Assembly signed President Goodluck
Jonathan’s impeachment notice out of
provocation and anger.
According to Ojo who spoke to newsmen
yesterday in Aramoko-Ekiti, headquarters of
Ekiti West Local Government of Ekiti State, his
colleagues signed the president’s impeachment
notice to air their grievances over the security
agents’ harassment on them at the National
Assembly’s gate , Leadership reports.
He said: “To be honest with you, although we
were recalled to the house that day because of
the emergency situation in the North-East, we
have only sat once since the recess, the
impeachment notice was signed in anger by
us. You remember that we were tear-gassed
that day, both members of the two houses.
“The impeachment notice was signed by
members, we will look into it, but to the best
of my knowledge, I do not think there is a
serious level of impeachment of the president
now, until we resume at the House. GEJ’s Impeachment: Senators To
Start Process In Two Weeks
He explained that the issue had gone beyond
the House and had to do with the survival of
democracy.
Speaking on his selection as the sole
candidate in next year’s election, the lawmaker
who is seeking re-election as the member
representing Ekiti central federal constituency
II on the platform of the All Progressives’
Congress (APC) said emerging as an
unopposed candidate is a thing of joy which
shows that the people have confidence in him.
“I will thank my party people, both at the state
level and federal constituency. I also thank my
people in the consistency, who are even not in
any political party. Emerging as an unopposed
candidate is a thing of joy and it shows that
the people have confidence in me. The
mandate belongs to the people and they have
unanimously chose me to represent them
again. I do not make promises, my people
know me very well: what I do is to listen to
them on what they want and ensure that I
provide these. This gesture will make us to
work harder to further please our people and
bring more dividends of democracy to them
and also empower our constituencies,” he
said.Senator Urges Colleagues To Act
Fast On Jonathan’s Removal
He also expressed optimism that his party
would win more seats than the ruling Peoples’
Democratic Party (PDP) despite being in
opposition.
The plot to impeach the President started as a
reaction to the alleged growing impunity by
the Federal Government following the incident
that took place at the nation’s National
Assembly, where lawmakers were tear gased
by the police who barred the Speaker Aminu
Tambuwal from entering the chambers.
The impeachment plot spread to the Senate,
with a growing number of Senators said to be
enthusiastic to team up with the Reps to get
the President removed after 130 Reps signed
to support the plot to remove Jonathan on
Thursday, November 20, 2014.
source: http://www.naij.com/338233-why-we-signed-jonathans-impeachment-notice-rep.html