The call for the President’s impeachment and as far as the Senate is concerned, it is an utter rubbish.
The calls by APC and some disgruntled politicians in Nigeria for the
impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan suffered a serious setback
today as the Senate expressed its opposition to them.
Rising from a session behind closed-doors
which lasted over an hour, the upper legislative chamber which is
constitutionally empowered to play a leading role in the impeachment of
the president or vice president, declared that the calls for Jonathan’s
impeachment were lacking in merit to warrant its attention.
The
All Progressives Congress (APC) had last Sunday called on the National
Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against Jonathan
for alleged gross misconduct.
It said in a statement by its Interim
National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, that Jonathan’s
impeachment would save Nigeria from imminent collapse.
But briefing
journalists shortly after the Senate’s meeting, the Spokesman and
Chairman of the Committee on Information, Media and Public Affairs,
Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, said the Senate considered calls for the
President’s impeachment as “utter rubbish.”
“We have heard of the
call for the President’s impeachment and as far as the Senate is
concerned, it is an utter rubbish,” Abaribe said.
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