Alleged impeachment moves: APC responds to Senate
Thu Jul 14, 2016 08:06:am Politics
1.9K By Buchi Obichie
In reaction to recent allegations that the Senate was plotting to impeach the President, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has described the purported move as "a huge joke taken too far."
The APC's response came on the same day Senator Aliyu Wammako stated that contrary to reports, Senators' meetings held in his house were not to initiate impeachment moves against the President; but rather, they were designed to repair the frosty relationship between the Executive and Legislature.
This is even as Senator Dino Melaye denied ever initiating impeachment proceedings against President Buhari.
In a statement released yesterday by APC scribe, Mai Mala Buni, titled, "President Buhari's Purported Impeachment Threat, A Huge Joke," the ruling party advised the Senators "to stop this huge joke and concentrate on their primary constitutional responsibilities of lawmaking and discharging of their legislative mandates to their constituents at the National Assembly."
The Senate has constantly accused the Executive of intruding into its affairs, and trying to bring about a change in the Senate leadership; especially with the CCT prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki for false assets declaration, and the ongoing forgery case instituted against Senators Saraki and Ekweremadu by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
However, the APC has described the allegations as baseless. The statement read in part: "The party will not join issues on the Senate forgery suit and other court cases concerning some members of the 8th Senate.
"We advise the Senators in question to tow the same line and allow judicial processes run its normal and legitimate course. "Repeated allegations that the court cases are politically-motivated by the President and APC are baseless."
The APC's response came on the same day Senator Aliyu Wammako stated that contrary to reports, Senators' meetings held in his house were not to initiate impeachment moves against the President; but rather, they were designed to repair the frosty relationship between the Executive and Legislature.
This is even as Senator Dino Melaye denied ever initiating impeachment proceedings against President Buhari.
In a statement released yesterday by APC scribe, Mai Mala Buni, titled, "President Buhari's Purported Impeachment Threat, A Huge Joke," the ruling party advised the Senators "to stop this huge joke and concentrate on their primary constitutional responsibilities of lawmaking and discharging of their legislative mandates to their constituents at the National Assembly."
The Senate has constantly accused the Executive of intruding into its affairs, and trying to bring about a change in the Senate leadership; especially with the CCT prosecution of Senate President Bukola Saraki for false assets declaration, and the ongoing forgery case instituted against Senators Saraki and Ekweremadu by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami.
However, the APC has described the allegations as baseless. The statement read in part: "The party will not join issues on the Senate forgery suit and other court cases concerning some members of the 8th Senate.
"We advise the Senators in question to tow the same line and allow judicial processes run its normal and legitimate course. "Repeated allegations that the court cases are politically-motivated by the President and APC are baseless."
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