Professor Itse Sagay, Chairman of
the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has described
attempt by eight APC lawmakers to remove Benue State governor, Samuel Ortom on
Monday as a joke.
The
ongoing crisis in the state house of assembly took a new turn on Monday as
eight lawmakers served an impeachment notice on the governor.
Sagay said the lawmakers lacked
the number to set off the process of impeachment against a siting governor.
According to Sagay, the lawmakers
will first need one-third of the members of the House to sign a document of
intention to impeach, which after two weeks must be signed by two thirds of the
House.
“Eight out of 30 lawmakers, the
number is not enough. They cannot successfully impeach the governor if they
don’t increase their number.
“They cannot commence proceedings
because they need one third of the members to sign a document of intention to
impeach, which after two weeks, must be signed by two thirds of the House. So,
presently they are not enough to kick off the process,” he told newsmen on
Monday.
Earlier, Governor Ortom, through
his Chief Press Secretary, Akase Terver, Ortom said he was still the governor
of the state, adding that the lawmakers lacked the constitutional powers to
remove him from office.
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