President Goodluck Jonathan To Be Impeached?

No fewer than 120 lawmakers have begun a battle to remove President Goodluck Jonathan as they have appended their signatures for his impeachment, immediately the House reconvenes in December.

It was gathered by Vanguard that those who signed the impeachment register are members of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Lawmakers scaling the National Assembly fence to get entrance

They alleged that the attack of the National Assembly by security agents who kept the administrators from entering was supported by the Presidency, including that Jonathan met subtly with on Wednesday night with Senate President David Mark and Deputy Speaker Emeka Ihedioha on the state of yesterday’s House sitting. The administrators accordinglyopted to collate signatures for an impeachment notice against the President, on the grounds of official carelessness, obstruction and ill-use of police.

Reacting to this, Mohammed Zakari, chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, said:

“the notice of impeachment was not on the order paper today but I’m not foreclosing that some other things took place.”

A principal officer of the House said:

“With how the police and security agents molested members of the House of Representatives, President Goodluck Jonathan has lost our goodwill. We have resolved to stop this impunity in the land.”
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Another House member, who confirmed to have signed the register, said:

“This time around, it is going to be battle to the finish. Going by the principle of Separation of Powers, the police and security agents have no business barricading or occupying the National Assembly.

“The Executive arm is misusing the police and security agencies. We will no longer tolerate this.”

Speaking on the matter, the deputy House Leader, Leo Ogor, 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 said.

He therefore urged members to jettison such plans.

Comparable tumult by wronged officials to move for prosecution of Emeka Ihedioha, delegate Speaker amid the short shut entryway session, was however deflected by the Speaker who called for serenity. The House obliges marks of one-third of the parts of the National Assembly to serve reprimand perceive on the President. Review that the House of Representatives parts were advised to hold entire session on November 19, 2014, to examine the talk about the issue of emergency rule extension  in Nigeria’s three disturbed states of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno.