The House of Representatives has resolved to temporarily back down on the move to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.

SOURCE recalls that some of the lawmakers had earlier called for the impeachment of the president for approving the release of $496 million for the purchase of some fighter jets without consulting the national assembly.

At plenary on Thursday, the lawmakers reached a compromise and decided that rather than initiating impeachment proceedings against the president, the Committee on Rules and Business should look for a way to resolve the matter.


At first, the house was divided along party lines, as most members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the spending was illegal and unconstitutional.


A letter from Buhari seeking the approval of the lawmakers to the expenditure after it had been made was introduced on Thursday.

Muhammed Monguno from Borno State then moved a motion entitled: ‘Request to include the sum of US$496 in the 2018 Appropriation Bill for the purchase of Super Tucano Aircraft from the US government’.

Monguno urged the house to include the money in the 2018 budget as “the president’s anticipatory approval was granted based on the critical importance of the aircraft to national security”.
The motion was immediately countered by Nicholas Ossai, a PDP lawmaker from Delta State. Raising a point of order, Ossai argued that the request ought to come in form of a bill, not a motion.

Supporting Ossai’s claim, Lovett Idisi, another PDP lawmaker from Delta, said: “What we are being asked is to indict the house, if there is an illegal process, we can not correct it with illegality. This process goes against everything we stand for.”
SOURCEhttp://mynewsnow.ng/news/reps-step-down-moves-to-impeach-buhari-131
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Done

I second the motion

I wish he go work, d celebration go be one month holiday

Until we put aside political and ethnic affiliation, this country ain't going forward.

The fake and useless Mr. Integrity disregards the rule of law and breaks them with impunity. Unfortunately the lawmakers have been compromised.

The body of the message is totally off with the topic.