The two chambers of the national
assembly will on Tuesday afternoon hold a joint session over the political
tension in the country.
This is an outcome of a separate
meeting held on Monday by some members of the national assembly to discuss the
best way to address “the assault” on its members by the executive.
In a meeting that stretched all
through the night, some senators proposed that an impeachment move should be
commenced against President Muhammadu Buhari.
An insider at the meeting said
national assembly leaders in attendance were “very jittery” over the
impeachment threat as recent events in the polity “have instilled fear in
them”.
As many as 25 APC senators who
were planning to defect to PDP are no longer confident to do so after the
series of police actions against their colleagues.
Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani have
been guests of the police recently after being accused of criminal offences,
while Senate President Bukola Saraki has been linked with the Offa bank heist
of April 5 by the police.
Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate
president, is due to face charges of violating the code of conduct law by
allegedly failing to declare his assets outside Nigeria.
Meanwhile, the PDP has also
accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of charging a
number of its members to court which it described as politically motivated.
IMPEACHMENT OPTION
“When we mooted the idea of
impeaching Buhari at the meeting, you could see that our leaders were not
comfortable. They are clearly shaken by the robbery charge against Saraki,” a
senator told TheCable.
Melaye was the most vocal of the
lawmakers in attendance.
He teased the “jittery” senators,
telling them Buhari would soon come after them whether or not they defected
from APC.
“Dino told Ekweremadu (PDP) that
he was wasting his time thinking Buhari would pipe down. He also accused
Senator Godswill Akpabio (PDP) of spending money like water as if that would
solve his problem,” another senator told TheCable.
Some were of the opinion that the
best time for the APC senators to defect is now, insisting that public sympathy
was with the opposition with the “persecution of those perceived to be
politically opposed to Buhari”.
It was then resolved that a joint
executive session would be held on Tuesday to agree on an appropriate response.
The session will be closed to the
public including the media.
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