The Action Congress of Nigeria seems to believe that President Jonathan is much involved in the controversy which has trailed the Rivers assembly in recent times.
In a statement today by its publicity secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party called for the president’s impeachment over the matter.
”Under President Jonathan’s watch and with his tacit support, a few lawmakers dictated to majority of the members of the Ogun State House of Assembly, which was locked for a long time. Under President Jonathan’s watch, the Nigerian Governors’ Forum was sabotaged by his minions who declared a Governor with 16 votes a winner over the one who scored 19 votes, in a injurious blow to the concept of democracy.
”And under his watch, five lawmakers – out of 32 – have become the majority and, simply because they have the backing of the presidency, are now being given police protection to disrupt the proceedings of the House. As we write, Rivers state has been taken over by current and former militants who have been unleashed to destabilize the state and cause a breakdown of law and order, to pave the way for the imposition of a State of Emergency.
”This cannot and must be allowed to continue, hence our call on the National Assembly to move quickly to remove the source of the crisis. Since this is no longer an intra-party dispute and because of its potentials to set the country on fire, we also call on civil society groups, professional bodies and ordinary Nigerians to rise up and defend the rule of law and the supremacy of the Constitution over arbitrariness.”
The ACN said that President Jonathan has become a clear and present danger for Nigeria and should be shown the way out to safeguard the constitution.
The presidency, in a swift reaction, called the position of the ACN a flawed one. Speaking on behalf of Aso Rock, the president’s special adviser on public affairs, Doyin Okupe, insisted that President Jonathan was absolutely not connected and also not involved in the Rivers State political quagmire.
In fact, Okupe said the president cannot be involved because, Gov. Amaechi was too small politically for President Jonathan to fight with. He said the attempts to link Aso Rock with the internal crisis in Rivers was unfair.
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