No going back on Buhari’s impeachment, say aggrieved lawmakers

Some aggrieved lawmakers in the National Assembly have said there is no going back on their resolve to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, if he fails to address the insecurity in the country within six weeks.

The lawmakers dismissed a report that they had backed down on the plan to remove the President after the expiration of the six-week ultimatum handed down on July 27.

In an interview with The Punch, the People’s Democratic Party Senator representing Osun East senatorial district, Francis Fadahunsi, said it was not true that the opposition were retreating on their move to impeach the President.

According to him, it is a unanimous decision and nothing different has been communicated to them.

The Senator representing Benue North West Senatorial District, Senator Orker Jev, also dismissed the insinuation that the opposition senators had stepped down the impeachment move.

“I’m not aware of any such development. Most likely untrue,’’ he said.

The Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Toby Okechukwu, also debunked the report that the impeachment threat had died.

Faulting the media report on the plan, he said, “Who did they quote? They quoted an anonymous source. How can the Senators back down and there is no name (of those interviewed)?”

Like her colleagues, the Senator representing Ekiti South Senatorial District, Abiodun Olujimi, said the reports that the senators were aborting the impeachment were untrue.

She said, “I am not aware of such a decision, it was a settled issue that we have all agreed on the impeachment of the President if the insecurity state of the nation was not addressed.”