Alkali Jajere, a senator from Yobe state, has said that no
fewer than 63 Senators have signed an impeachment motion prepared
against President Goodluck Jonathan.A senator, who is a member of the opposition, All Progressives Congress (APC) told journalists that the notice to remove the president is collecting support in the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Jajere said he was the fourth to sign the motion, and discharged concerns over the action saying impeachment is not a crime.
“Definitely I have signed because there are impeachable offences against the president, complete breach of the constitution,” Mr. Jajere said after Senate sitting Tuesday.
“In 2011, this senate approved 140b as subsidy fund but the same government went to spend 1.7 trillion and that is a clear breach of the constitution, clear breach of the Appropriation Act which is the number one Act,” he said.
“And the business of any government is to protect the lives and properties of its citizens and this government has shown it is incurably deficient in handling security situations in this country, and whoever is heading this government should honourably resign without being impeached.”
The senator, who is known as the leader of the motion, said legislators are prepared to follow the required steps to oust the president.
He added, “There are issues that have triggered the National Assembly to do what it should do and no matter what the time it is a three-legged issue.”
“The National Assembly will have to initiate the process and then submit that process to the Judiciary. The Judiciary forms a committee by the CJN (Chief Justice of the Federation), then revert their findings back to the National Assembly and the National Assembly sits down and concludes the process.”
According to him, the obligatory signatures to initiate the process were got.
“As of last week, 63 of us had signed up for the impeachment; my signature was the fourth but I can confirm to you that we have 63 signatures but after the session today two people had called and told me that they want to sign,” he said.
“Before the end of today I can assure you that the list will swell up to 70. It is on the impeachment day that we need two-thirds of the members to carry out the exercise but we need only one-third, which we already have, to initiate the process. It is just a matter of one day sitting. We will just push it before the two chambers.”
The Senate has postponed for two weeks. But the matter will be tabled once legislators resume, Jajere said.
President Jonathan has come under strong criticism after police forced a blockade of the National Assembly in November in an attempt to deny the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, access to the building.
The government says Tambuwal cannot remain Speaker after defecting from the ruling Peoples
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