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Plot against Jonathan, a joke —PDP Reps

NOVEMBER 23, 2014 BY SUNDAY ABORISADE, JOSIAH OLUWOLE, SAM AWOYINFA, SIMON UTEBOR, ALEXANDER OKERE AND STEPHEN UKA
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President Goodluck Jonathan
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the House of Representatives have described the ongoing move to impeach Jonathan as a joke, warning that it will be an exercise in futility.

Members of the PDP caucus stated that no member of the ruling party would be a party to the process.

In separate interviews with our correspondents, the PDP lawmakers insisted that Jonathan had not committed any impeachable offence since he became President.

On Thursday, about 113 members of the House, said to be members of the All Progressives Congress, signed to remove Jonathan.

The sponsors of the plot were said to have wanted to table a motion for Jonathan’s impeachment on Thursday, using the opportunity of the reconvening of the House, which reportedly led to the massive deployment of security forces in the National Assembly and prevention of lawmakers from gaining entry.

Speaking to SUNDAY PUNCH, the lawmaker representing Esan North-East and Esan South-East in the House of Representatives under the PDP, Friday Itulah, described the impeachment move against Jonathan as a journey in futility.

Itulah said the priority of members of the PDP in the House was to work towards the re-election of the President.

The lawmaker, who is also seeking a return to the green chamber, argued that Jonathan’s performance stood him out above his predecessors since 1999.

Itulah noted, “If anybody is doing that, he or she is completely on his or her own. President Jonathan needs re-election and not impeachment. It would be better a person never attempts such a thing at all (impeachment) because it is a total waste of efforts and will not take the person anywhere.

“I am aware of his (Jonathan’s) track records, and to the best of my knowledge, no president has performed this much since the return of democracy. Nobody should give any serious thought to such plan by anybody.”

The lawmaker also debunked the speculation that PDP lawmakers in the National Assembly, who were aspiring to return to their seats, were drumming support for the President in order to increase their chances of getting the party’s tickets.

He described the purported impeachment plan as an “impossible” diversion, which had nothing to do with the political aspirations of PDP lawmakers.

“It is purely diversionary; it is not a question of anybody being scared of not being involved in anything like that.”

Itulah, however, vowed that the PDP membership of the House would resist the plot.

“I can tell you authoritatively that no member of the PDP, and even those who are not part of the majority party, is part of any such process, if it does exist in every sense of the word. I can assure you that such a thing will not even be tabled on the floor of the House. We will ensure that it is not tabled; I don’t have to disclose our strategy,” he said.

In his submission, Albert Akintoye, who is representing Irele/Okitipupa Federal Constituency of Ondo State at the House, added that Jonathan had to be examined to show whether he had committed an offence worthy of impeachment.

“I am a PDP man to the core and I think the President has not done anything at the moment to warrant an impeachment,” he said.

Also, the member representing Sagbama/Ekeremor, Bayelsa State, in the House, Stella Dorgu, described the move to impeach Jonathan as a huge joke.

Dorgu stated that no member of the PDP would be a part of such move.

Describing the move as unfortunate, the PDP lawmaker opined that the House was misdirected, noting that at the end of the day, the House would not be able to carry out the threat.

She said, “I see it as a threat. Definitely, no PDP member will be a party to such a move. What will be the reason? What has the President done, except to make sure that he puts this country on the right trajectory to be the leader of Africa that everybody wants Nigeria to be.

“I think they are misdirected and they will not be able to go through with it if there is such move at all.

“The reason for my position is because of the future of Nigeria. I believe that Goodluck Jonathan has been one of the best, if not the best President that we have had since this democracy in 1999.”

Similarly, another member of the House from Ogun State, Adewusi Razak, said President Goodluck Jonathan, had not committed any impeachable offence to warrant any call for his impeachment.

According to him, as far as PDP members in the House are concerned, those raising dust that the President be impeached are members of the APC.

He posited that such plans would not materialise, as the sponsors had yet to raise the impeachment motion on the floor of the House.

Razak said, “If you read the newspapers, it is the opposition that is talking about impeachment. It remains to be seen how they want to achieve that. How will 123 or 130 members move against 240? It is not possible.

“Moreover, the President has not done anything to warrant impeachment.”

Also, another member representing Umunneochi /Isuikwuato Federal Constituency at the House, Nkiruka Onyejiocha, told SUNDAY PUNCH the PDP caucus in the chamber would resist sponsorship of Jonathan’s impeachment.

Onyejiocha, who described the impeachment plot as laughable, said it would not scale through, as Jonathan had not committed any impeachable offence.

She also hinted that the PDP caucus at the House had perfected plans to ensure the opposition did not succeed in derailing Nigeria’s young democracy.

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OtunbaJega:
TANoids trying hard to preach to us that a failure (Jonad.aft) is better than another failure (OBJ)...forgetting that they are both PDP goons....Well that's none of my business..






GMB 2015

. Attack the message if you have anything to offer. Unless boko recruit.

iamodenigbo1:
make I no comment

One obviously a fisherman, the other, a fisherman's slave

This happened few minutes after an overdose of red bull.

The lies of the useless Sahara ediot is responsible for this non-issue.

Guy, you for hide your man identity na, haba!

APC don't like this news.

And some of them are here on nairaland, very useless sort of people we have down west. Dirty with their smelly women having torn legs.

All my ND brothers here, I greet una. When e start, I go personally slit only the throats of Yorubas for ph, even before I face the ab0kis. No need to exchange words with rats here.

We are gallantly steaming and waiting for the smelly abokiis.

Look at them all immediately spewing out their foolishness like hawks feasting on a rotten carcass, just because some dude sits in the comfort of his Abuja residence and types whatever comes to his mind. Common sense did not even make any single one of you^^^ to ask questions before you start displaying what you are known for. All of you against GEJ have FAILED WOEFULLY. It's 3 days and your foolish organization/cult group is yet to counter any single claim by GEJ on his achievements said in his declaration speech. You go on and keep fooling yourselves ok, 'all the propagandists, keep doing it'.

In liar momo's voice 'just days after an explosion they are here supervising rail projects, this is because the government is insensitive to the plight of the people'

For the record, GEJ does his job, efcc do theirs

N5 billion recovered, 40 arrested over oil
subsidy fraud— EFCC
on november 11, 2014 at 6:24 am in news
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By Austin Ogwuda
Enugu—Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, yesterday,
in Enugu, said the commission had cracked oil subsidy
fraud in which over N5 billion had been recovered and more
than 40 suspects arrested.
Lamorde, who disclosed this at a workshop on effective
reporting of financial crimes organized by the commission
for journalists in South-East zone, also said a couple had
been arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for allegedly
defrauding a new generation bank of N855 million.
Represented by the Deputy Director, Public Affairs
Department, Mr. Osita Nwajah, the EFCC chairman said:
“Cases abound in our offices across the six zones of the
country.
“In the oil subsidy fraud being investigated by the
commission, over N5 billion has been recovered, while
more than 40 suspects are being prosecuted in court.
“In the pension fraud matter, the commission has secured
one conviction and recovered property valued at over a
billion naira.
“We need to pay attention to these cases. It is not only
when a former governor is arrested that the media would be
interested.
“As I speak, the commission is investigating a case of fraud
in a new generation bank in Port Harcourt where a
customer, working with his wife who is a staff of a new
generation bank, defrauded the bank of N855 million.
“The suspect, one Ochenna Ogbonnaya Dike cashed in on
system glitches to perpetuate the scam over a period of five
months by transferring funds from the bank into accounts in
the new generation bank.
“Other accomplices in the scam,” he went on, “are currently
on the run. But EFCC will get them as we are determined to
check all incidences of fraud in the banking sector.
“I urge you (media) to take greater interest in cases that are
either being investigated or prosecuted by the commission.
“Where media interest in corruption cases fizzles out after
arraignment is unhealthy.”

This thread is for loosers to dance owambe. Make una no go find work do?

Your foolish Excellency, which question you want answered? Abi is it not your brothers who are blowing up your north hoping to make the country ungovernable? We have a rally today, you can ask your bombers to keep up, when you are done wasting your children and generations alas you will then realize you are all alone and we in the south, east, central and west are all light years ahead of you. And then a saying shall be born, that 'there was a north'.

APC and opposition hate this development. I think they are cursed.

I don't know why I keep remembering the baboons being soaked in their own blood. Does anyone have a clue?

Civory:
what exactly are you talking about?! I think you should re-read ur post! Does it make any sense to you?!

e over make sense. APC is boko haram

They can bomb all they like, we no send. GEJ till 2019

omenka:
Jonathan is God's curse on this country. Our leaders in the past must have terribly offended God. Now we pay for sins of our fathers!!

Lord please have mercy on us.

. It's your abokii lords that are the curse, and maybe you.

Oh! Now they have changed the category of their collateral damage from adults to infants knowing they were fast depleting their voting class but because their dastardly act must continue, they resort to blowing up kids? Let them continue, GEJ MUST return as president and let's see them wail in perpetual agony. For their suffering shall be 10x what they leash out to others.

I notice una no de gree snap the pitch for Amaechi stadium. It's either the pitch de fear una camera or na d camera de fear the pitch.

acenazt:
Let's say he gets the 4 Million from the SW. then the 12/16 Million from his TAN rallies, where will the rest come from? cos I know Nigeria's population is above 160 Million.

. Na 160 million de vote?

Nice. Uncommon transformation that will cause job generation. God bless GEJ. Later you hear some lazy pukes asking where are the jobs created, as if they expect to see jobs on the streets.

laykorn:
Haaa,brother. I didn't even know what to say again when the TANoids started justifying his priority misplacement!
Ayamlaykorn
TeamSendTANoidsBackToSchool

only you de quote yourself. You well so?