Jonathan's Impeachment: 63 Senators Are in Support

Yesterday, November 27, 63 senators have expressed support to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan.
Punch learnt from its source In Abuja that out of 109 members in the Senate, 63 signed up the plan, with 8 members from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) among them.

A senator acting on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) criticized Jonathan’s performance saying they were prepared for the difficulties associated with the potential impeachment.

“We know and we are prepared to show the President that we have responsibility to the people and the nation in general. We are prepared to lay the impeachment notice anytime from next week. Meetings are already being held.”

APC Senator Ibrahim Musa representing Niger North confirmed the development with the intention by some Senate members to initiate impeachment but said he was not aware of the details.

“I think there is something like that but I don’t have the details, it is still coming as a rumour.”

However according to the anonymous senator, the impeachment letter has not been introduced yet because some signees, the PDP members, asked for the action delay.

“The truth of the matter is that the impeachment notice would have been laid if not for our colleagues in the PDP who pleaded with us to delay the process pending when the senate leadership would come up with the result of its efforts at securing automatic tickets for them.

“In any case the process had started but if we submit the letter now, the signatures of the PDP senators will be there and the party might want to use that as an excuse to deny them their automatic tickets.”

It would be recalled that talks about Jonathan’s impeachment have been actively circulating in the media this week, which comes just two months ahead of the presidential elections.

Some Senate members were said to be compiling the list of offences by the country leader.

At the same time some House of Reps members disclosed that they worked in cooperation with the upper chamber to initiate the motion.

However the official documents and announcements are yet to be provided on the issue.

Culled from Naij

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JONATHAN IMPEACHMENT: Reps Fix Date

Honorable members at the House of Representatives have fixed next Wednesday, 3rd of November to start the impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan.It was gathered by Vanguard on Tuesday that the members of the lower chamber are on the same page with their Senate counterparts in their bid to impeach Jonathan, and that the process will begin immediately the NASS reconvenes next Wednesday.

It was gathered that the assemblymen coordinating the impeachment process have identified over 50 constitutional violations against the President, which would form part of the impeachment notice.

A source within the House of Representatives, who made this known, 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.”

The source further explained that the impeachment plot against Jonathan was not a partisan affair, noting 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 said.

The high ranking lawmaker reiterated that over 50 impeachable offences that have been identified against Jonathan, and assured that the House would work closely with the Senate to make sure that President Jonathan is removed from office.

It would be recalled that on Monday, November 24, some Senators on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) reportedly started move to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan over what they termed the high level of impunity and corruption allegedly being condoned by the Jonathan-led administration.

Meanwhile, the plot to impeach the President spread to the Senate, with a growing number of Senators said to be enthusiastic to team up with the Reps to get the President removed after 130 Reps signed to support the plot to oust Jonathan on Thursday, November 20, 2014.

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Plot To Impeach Jonathan Deepens

Reports coming from Abuja indicates that the House of Representatives plot to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan has deepened.


It was gathered by the Nation that the plot has now spread to the Senate, and that growing number of Senators are said to be enthusiastic to team up with the Reps to get the President removed.

It was reported that 130 Reps signed to support the plot to oust Jonathan on Thursday, but a source revealed that as at Friday, the number had drastically increased to 148.

The plot to impeach the President started as a reaction to the alleged growing impunity by the Federal Government with the recent incident that took place at the nation’s National Assembly, where lawmakers were tear gassed by the police who barred the Speaker Aminu Tambuwal from entering the chambers.

A source within the Senate on Friday disclosed that some senators were inclined to get President Jonathan impeached. He said the ring leader of the plot in the senate is from the Northeast where the President proposes to extend the emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.


Another source said the ring leaders have been meeting to plan how to convince and win other senators to buy into and support the pro-impeachment lawmakers. He further disclosed that things will get clearer by Tuesday 25, 2014, when the Senate is expected to resume plenary.


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Over 120 Lawmakers Sign Pres. Jonathan’s Impeachment Notice!

Over 120 lawmakers have appended their signatures for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan, immediately House reconvenes in December.
Mohammed Zakari, chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, while reacting on it said “the notice of impeachment was not on the order paper today but I’m not foreclosing that some other things took place.”
On his part, Leo Ogor, deputy House Leader who urged members to jettison such plans, argued that the notice of impeachment is inconsequential, as the President had no hand in what transpired at the National Assembly.

“The President is unaware so bringing it (impeachment) up is going to be defeated. The President has done no wrong, impeachment should not even be part of the issue,” he pleaded.

Similar agitation by aggrieved lawmakers to move for impeachment of Emeka Ihedioha, deputy Speaker during the brief closed door session, was however averted by the Speaker who called for calmness.

Accoridng to vanguard, The lawmakers who appended their signatures are of the APC extraction.
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