SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber, The PUNCH learnt in Abuja.One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed our correspondent the list containing the signatures of the senators.
The source said eight Peoples Democratic Party
senators were among the signatories to the planned impeachment notice.
There are 109 members in the Senate.
An All Progressives Congress senator from the
North-West zone, who asked not to be named,told our correspondent that the
lawmakers’ major grouse was the President’s handling of the economy and
political affairs of the country.
The senator cited poor implementation of the
national budget since 2011, alleged high level of corruption and “gross
disregard” of the legislature at both the federal and state levels as topping
the list of lawmakers’ anger against Jonathan.
Asked whether he realised that the process of
impeachment could be tedious and cumbersome, the senator said, “ We know and we
are prepared to show the President that we have responsibility to the people
and the nation in general.
“We are prepared to lay the impeachment notice
anytime from next week. Meetings are already being held.”
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