ABUJA — Indications emerged yesterday that members of the House of Representatives are on the same page with their Senate counterparts in their bid to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.
It was reliably gathered that the assemblymen would start impeachment process against the President immediately it reconvenes next Wednesday.
This is just as the lawmakers coordinating the impeachment process have disclosed that they 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 Jonathan 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.
Drama, anger as IGP appears before Reps
This was the second invitation.
The meeting was however ill- fated. It ended abruptly because he blatantly refused to acknowledge Aminu Tambuwal as Speaker in his speech, drawing the ire of members of the Committee.
That was not all. He described the lawmakers that climbed the gate to assess the Assembly complex on November 20 as ” suspected hoodlums” and blamed the security beef-up at the National Assembly on that day on the Salvation Rally by All People Congress a day before that.
Abba said because of the “suspected hoodlums that followed Tambuwal,” into the NASS complex, a tear gas canister ” exploded” and that the incident is being investigated.
The Chairman of the committee and members insisted that Abbah recognize Tambuwal as Speaker, but the IGP said he would not as the case was in court and addressing Tambuwal as “Speaker” would be “subjudice.”
The meeting ended on a frosty note. The IGP left without the courtesy of the Chairman seeing him off. This was because members of the committee insisted the Chairman Usman Kumo would not.
They cordoned Kumo off and vowed he would not accord the IGP such a privilege.
A day previously, the IGP has rebuffed the invitation of the Senate and had send a deputy and a week before that, he had also shunned the Police Affairs Committee of the House.
Rather than honour the invitation, the IGP sent a letter to the Committee explaining his absence. He also sent a Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), SL Wakama to represent him.
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