Senators reportedly threaten to impeach President over Saraki's forgery trial
Wed Jul 13, 2016 10:59:am Politics
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Aggrieved Senators on Tuesday threatened to initiate impeachment processes against President Muhammadu Buhari over alleged constitutional breaches.
The plot against the President was discussed by the Senate at its closed-door meeting when the Upper House resumed from its Sallah break.
Sources at the meeting claimed that the move to impeach the President was initiated by a Senator from Kogi State.
Tempers reportedly rose when the matter came up at the closed-door session of the Senate.
An APC Senator from one of the northern states confirmed that the session was dominated by issues of Executive recklessness and its outright disregard for the National Assembly.
The Senators were said to be emphatic that President Buhari had serially breached some provisions of the Constitution, thereby leaving the situation as if the Senate lacked the teeth to bite.
It was further learnt that the Attorney-General for the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was also at the centre stage of the discussion, with almost Senators of the People's Democratic Party and those of APC sympathetic to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, complaining that the AGF was undermining Nigeria's democracy by utterly disregarding the Senate invitation.
Meanwhile, the PDP Senators have vowed to consult with party leaders to actualise the impeachment plan.
A senator who was at the session, said that trouble started when some senators loyal to Saraki approached their colleagues, who dragged their presiding officers to court, led by Senators Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (APC Kaduna North) and Kabir Marafa (APC Zamfara Central) to withdraw the petition so that their grievances could be resolved internally.
The lawmaker said that when they refused to heed this plea, it forced Senator Dino Melaye to call for the suspension of all the Senators who wrote the petition.
Melaye (APC, Kogi West) was also quoted to have urged his colleagues that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, must be brought before the Senate for interrogation for charging the Senate leadership with forgery in court.
According to the lawmaker, it was at that point that Senator Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), said the Senate should not be reduced to a kindergarten where members could just issue childish threats, calling on Senators to close ranks and seek reconciliation amongst its members.
When she made this statement, according to the source, Melaye got offended and started calling her names, and saying, "I will beat you up on this floor and nothing will happen."
It was learnt that the prompt intervention of David Mark, who was moving from one seat of senators to another, stopped the planned impeachment plot being hatched on the floor of the upper chamber against Buhari at the closed-door session.
The plot against the President was discussed by the Senate at its closed-door meeting when the Upper House resumed from its Sallah break.
Sources at the meeting claimed that the move to impeach the President was initiated by a Senator from Kogi State.
Tempers reportedly rose when the matter came up at the closed-door session of the Senate.
An APC Senator from one of the northern states confirmed that the session was dominated by issues of Executive recklessness and its outright disregard for the National Assembly.
The Senators were said to be emphatic that President Buhari had serially breached some provisions of the Constitution, thereby leaving the situation as if the Senate lacked the teeth to bite.
It was further learnt that the Attorney-General for the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami was also at the centre stage of the discussion, with almost Senators of the People's Democratic Party and those of APC sympathetic to the Senate President Bukola Saraki, complaining that the AGF was undermining Nigeria's democracy by utterly disregarding the Senate invitation.
Meanwhile, the PDP Senators have vowed to consult with party leaders to actualise the impeachment plan.
A senator who was at the session, said that trouble started when some senators loyal to Saraki approached their colleagues, who dragged their presiding officers to court, led by Senators Suleiman Othman Hunkuyi (APC Kaduna North) and Kabir Marafa (APC Zamfara Central) to withdraw the petition so that their grievances could be resolved internally.
The lawmaker said that when they refused to heed this plea, it forced Senator Dino Melaye to call for the suspension of all the Senators who wrote the petition.
Melaye (APC, Kogi West) was also quoted to have urged his colleagues that the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, must be brought before the Senate for interrogation for charging the Senate leadership with forgery in court.
According to the lawmaker, it was at that point that Senator Tinubu (APC, Lagos Central), said the Senate should not be reduced to a kindergarten where members could just issue childish threats, calling on Senators to close ranks and seek reconciliation amongst its members.
When she made this statement, according to the source, Melaye got offended and started calling her names, and saying, "I will beat you up on this floor and nothing will happen."
It was learnt that the prompt intervention of David Mark, who was moving from one seat of senators to another, stopped the planned impeachment plot being hatched on the floor of the upper chamber against Buhari at the closed-door session.
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