As plans to remove President Goodluck Jonathan from seat gather thick cloud, 63 senators who are part of the move will meet on Monday (today) evening to further strengthen their efforts.
According to one of the coordinators of the impeachment move, today’s agenda would be based on how to handle the case on the floor of the Senate.
The senator, who would not want his name in print told Punch that he was glad that the move was making positive progress.
His word , “All of us will meet tomorrow (Monday) evening to discuss when we are going to move the motion on the floor of the Senate. We have an appreciable number already and I believe that more people will join when they see the seriousness with which we are going about it.
“Some of our colleagues were saying that we don’t have the will to move it (impeachment motion) on the floor. We will soon execute our plans because it is in the best interest of all Nigerians”.
Meanwhile, the senator representing Yobe South Senatorial District at the senate, Alkali Jajere, and his Niger State counterpart, Ibrahim Musa, have explained why they want to impeach president Jonathan.
The two senators, while speaking with newsmen on Sunday, said they signed up for the impeachment because of their conviction that Jonathan had trampled on the constitution.
He said, “Are we going to wait and continue to tolerate a leader who, cannot stop the daily physical and psychological torture of people in the North-East. The insurgency in the zone is threatening the corporate existence of Nigeria and the earlier we act, the better.’’
Also, Musa alleged that Jonathan government’s “insincerity” in tackling the economic crisis facing the country was enough grounds to initiate an impeachment move against him.
He said, “The President has been breaching the constitution over the years and we have tolerated it enough. This government has not been implementing the budget and that is why we are having problems with our economy”.
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