Imam said, as far as the speaker is concerned the impeachment plot was a mere speculation.
“It is pure speculation.You know the Speaker does not react to speculations.That is our position and that is all we have to say,” he added.
On Saturday, the plot to impeach the
speaker of the house of representative hit a dead end due to the fact that the two-third
statutorily require to remove Tambuwa became more difficult.
The report of the impeachment
plan spread on Friday following an allegation by the Baraje’s led faction of the
People Democratic Party that the sum of N2.5million has been given to the
lawmakers from the Presidency to remove the speaker.
The new People Democratic Party
alleged that Aminu Tambuwa’s sin was that he allow Baraje’s faction house of representative
on Tuesday to brief the house on the reasons why the nPDP pulled out of the Bamaga
Tukur’s faction of the PDP.
The information gathered reveal
that, on Friday, some lawmakers in favour of the impeachment held a meeting to strategies
on how to carry out the said plot, by getting more members to support the plan
since the number of the Honourables loyal to the Tukur-led faction of the
People Democratic Party can’t make the require two-third.
According to findings, the new
PDP claimed to have 108 members, but officially, the group made up of 57
members, in the All Progressives Congress caucus, there are 137 members in the
records of the House, while there are a few members in Accord Party and the All
Progressives Grand Alliance members, who opted not to join APC.
Right now, there is confusion on the exact number
of PDP members either in the New PDP or in the Old PDP. If the New PDP has 108
as they claim, then there are 100 members left in the Old PDP; if it is 57, the
membership of the New PDP is less.
It was also gathered that not everybody in the
Old PDP accepted the idea of moving against the Speaker.Two influential members
of the Tukur’s-led faction of PDP said that even though they were unhappy with
the Speaker’s decision to receive Baraje and the seven governors but the
impeachment was not on the table yet, what we want is a united house that can
work for the interest of the people as we have been doing in the last two years
under the leadership of Aminu Tambuwa.
In his reaction, The Deputy Minority Whip, Mr.
Garba Dhatti said, with more than 137 lawmakers on the speaker’s side the
impeachment plot can’t succeed. “Impeaching
the Speaker is not as simple as electing the Speaker. To elect the speaker, you
need a simple majority, but to impeach him requires two-thirds majority, two-thirds
of 360 is 240, where will they get that number from? No single group can
impeach the Speaker, that is what we have to realize before we even start
talking.
speaking on the matters, the spokesman of the House, Mr. Zakari Mohammed said, impeaching Tambuwal might be the wish of some forces outside the National Assembly, stating that the idea would only remain a dream.
speaking on the matters, the spokesman of the House, Mr. Zakari Mohammed said, impeaching Tambuwal might be the wish of some forces outside the National Assembly, stating that the idea would only remain a dream.
“You don’t impeach the Speaker outside the floor, you bring it up in the House.
“This House is united under the leadership of the Speaker; the House is not involved in this talk of impeachment.
“It may be the wish of some people outside, but for us as a House, we are focused on our legislative duties”, Mohammed stated.
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