Senators set to remove Lawan over Buhari’s impeachment, vow nothing can stop us now
Senators have vowed to remove all obstacles that could stand on their way in its determination of President Muhammadu Buhari, starting with the impeachment of Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, a well-known supporter of the President, should he present himself as a stumbling block.
The indication came from Francis Fadahunsi, Senator representing Osun East and Vice Chairman, Senate Committee on Customs and Excise, who has informed that lawmakers in the upper chamber of the National Assembly, had since made up their mind to carry out Buhari’s impeachment, should he fail to secure the country from terrorists.
The lawmakers, apparently prompted into immediate action with the daring exploits of terrorists in recent times, striking more high profile targets, since their successful attack on an Abuja-Kaduna bound train, in which eight people were killed and 54 kidnapped, they issued a six-week ultimatum to the President on July 27 to arrest the situation or be prepared to be booted out of office.
Apart from the train attack, the terrorists, who had hit the Kuje Prison in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, where they were said to have freed 64 of their members being detained in the facility, attacked the advance team of the President and killed three officers of the Brigade of Guards, an elite formation of the the Nigerian Army, in Abuja, were reported to have begun inching towards the capital city.
In fact, days before the Senators took their decision, the terrorists, in a video that went viral on social media, showing the kidnapped passengers of the train attack undergoing torture, had openly boasted that they were going to kidnap the President, Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and other high profile government officials, including members of NASS.
Fadahunsi, while giving update on the impeachment move, told reporters in Abuja majority of the members across political party lines had already passed a vote of no confidence on Buhari because of his administration’s inability to address the worsening security situation in the country.
His words: “We have been talking and giving suggestions on how we could end the insecurity challenges facing the country but the Head (Senate President) is hooked to the Villa. He has been frustrating all our moves to take drastic measures against the President.
“We have now made up our mind to strike now that the iron is still hot instead of wasting our time, cooperating with the Ahmad Lawan leadership while the nation is being destroyed by terrorists with no plan by the government to stop them. We won’t wait until we are all killed.
“We have now decided to pull out of the ‘rubber stamp’ arrangement so that the whole of Nigeria would know that we have not been in support of the failing economy, the huge debts accumulation, falling naira, insecurity across the country and the unprecedented forms of corruption going on in the polity.
“Unfortunately, the man heading us now (Lawan) was leading the opposition lawmakers before and was challenging the rots in the system then. Now, he doesn’t want anyone to challenge Buhari’s government when things are falling apart every day. Any leader that opposes such a challenge in a democratic setting must also be challenged because we are elected by the people.
“Go and interview most of the senators. There is no effective oversight of the ministries, departments and agencies of the Federal Government. Buhari will bring the budget and his people here will want us to pass it as he brings it. No examinations and heads of MDAs are doing what they like.”
“Those who voted for Buhari in 2015 thought he could contain the insecurity, being a former military general. Unfortunately, things are getting worse under his watch and he appears helpless. That is why we resolved that if we come back on September 20 and discover that the situation is still the same, with no appreciable steps taken, we would impeach him.
“We will first impeach anyone who says we will not impeach Buhari. If anybody tries to block us here, whether the Senate President or anyone in the Senate, we will remove the person. Mr President is finding it difficult to sack his non-performing security chiefs while those terrorising the nation are not being arrested. There was tension everywhere and something drastic had to be taken,” he added.
(Whirlwindnews)
