Senators and members of the house of representatives have started
collecting signatures for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari,
sources told TheCable on Thursday.
The
lawmakers, who are not happy with the decision of the president to approve $469
million for the procurement of 12 Super Tucano aircraft from the US without
their backing, had given the impression that the matter was being resolved.
The issue of impeachment first arose at the house of reps on Wednesday. While deliberating on a letter Buhari wrote to the national assembly, saying he had anticipated that the lawmakers would approve the withdrawal, Kingsley Chinda from Rivers state, asked his colleagues to commence impeachment proceedings against Buhari.
The
president had said he took the action because the US gave Nigeria a deadline
for payment. He also sought to include the procurement of the aircraft in
the 2018 budget. But
citing sections 80 and 81 of 1999 constitution, Chinda said the Nigerian law
does not recognise anticipatory approval.
“There
is nowhere in our law that talked about anticipatory approval. We cannot sit
down and allow this to take place. It is an impeachable offence. There is no
infraction that is worse than this. Let us not continue to sleep. I propose
that we commence the impeachment of Mr President,” he had said.
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