President Muhammadu Buhari
Muhammed Gudaji Kazaure, a member of the House of
Representatives, has raised an alarm over what he said is a plot to
impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
According to Vanguard, Kazaure, who addressed the House Press Corps
immediately after the 3-hour long joint closed door session of the
Senate and the House, said some lawmakers have been mandated to collect
signatures to impeach President Buhari.
Kazuare, adjudged one of the closest allies of the president in the
House, said” I do not support this move because the man Buhari is a
very good man. Kazuare however expressed confidence that those behind
the impeachment move will not be able to reach the constitutionally
required two-third majority.
Kazaure also disclosed that he was opposed to what he said is a
threat to impeach the president if he fails to implement the resolutions
reached at the joint executive session. According to him, the
resolution to use legislative instruments should the president fail to
take action on the resolutions reached by lawmakers is a veiled
impeachment threat.
“I tried to raise an amendment, but they didn’t allow me to do
so. This is because, we had a resolution that, all what we did…that if
the Federal Government doesn’t meet our demands, that we will take any
legislative action against the executive.
“I am not in support of this and many of us (lawmakers) are not
in support of this. Many of us are not in support of threatening the
president because we know he is a man of integrity,” he said.
“The issue of people collecting signatures to serve a notice of
impeachment to the president….we know this is happening in the House.
“But we know nobody can afford to show us the list of people who want to impeach the president.
“I tell you nobody can present this list because they cannot get two-third majority.
“Those of us who support the president in the Senate and the
House have the numbers. We are strong enough to stop anything called
impeachment,” Kazaure added.
On other resolutions, the lawmaker said he is in support,
particularly, to the one that demands that security chiefs should be
fired.