The Upper And Lower Chambers Of The House Of Assembly In Joint Closed Door Meeting Over Impeachment Plot

The Senate and the House of Reps are in a joint closed-door session to discuss and deliberate over the Political tension in the country.

This is the aftermath of a separate meeting held on Monday by some members of the National Assembly to discuss a workable approach to address “the assault” on its members by the Executive.

After a prolonged meeting that stretched all through the night, there were suggestions from some senators that an impeachment procedure should be commenced against President Muhammadu Buhari.

According to an insider at the meeting, the national assembly leaders in attendance were “very jittery” over the impeachment threat as recent events in the polity “have instilled fear in them”.

For fear of police actions against members of the Senate, 25 members who had planned to defect to PDP, could not summon the courage to do now.

Senator Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani have been guests of the police recently after being accused of criminal offences, while Senate President Bukola Saraki has been linked with the Offa bank heist of April 5 by the police.

In a similar development, the deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, is due to face charges of violating the code of conduct law by allegedly failing to declare his assets outside Nigeria.

The opposition party, PDP has on it's part, also accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of charging a number of its members to court which it described as politically motivated.

IMPEACHMENT APPROACH

“When we mooted the idea of impeaching Buhari at the meeting, you could see that our leaders were not comfortable. They are clearly shaken by the robbery charge against Saraki,” a Senator disclosed to TheCable.

Melaye was the most vocal of the lawmakers in attendance.

The out spoken Senator teased the “jittery” Senators, telling them Buhari would soon come after them whether or not they defected from APC.

“Dino told Ekweremadu (PDP) that he was wasting his time thinking Buhari would pipe down. He also accused Senator Godswill Akpabio (PDP) of spending money like water to prevent his arrest as if that would solve his problem,” another senator told TheCable.

Some were of the opinion that the best time for the APC senators to defect is now, insisting that public sympathy was with the opposition with the “persecution of those perceived to be politically opposed to Buhari”.

It was then resolved that a joint executive session would be held on Tuesday to agree on an appropriate response.

According to both chambers, the session will be closed to the public including the media.


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