House Of Reps’ Caucus Call For Buhari’s Impeachment Is Constitutional – PDP Says

BY GRACE ANYANWU, ABUJA – The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said that the call by its caucus in the House of Representatives asking Nigerians to direct their representatives, across party lines, to commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari is constitutional and democratic.

The party further stated that the call is a direct reflection of the mood and desires of the Nigerian people, given President Buhari’s manifest failure in all spheres of governance and particularly in failing to provide an effective leadership that can guarantee the security of the nation and rescue the economy, which has collapsed in his hands.

The PDP in a statement by its spokeman, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said that as a party, it has always called on the federal legislators in the House of Representatives and the Senate, irrespective of political affiliations, to stand on the side of the people by deploying the legislative instruments provided in the 1999 Constitution (as amended) to rescue the ship of state.

The PDP further said; “The Buhari administration had already accepted failure as reflected in the declaration by one of its officials, that the nation is now at the mercy of bandits and terrorists, a development that signals that is has outlived its usefulness.

“President Buhari is elected by the people; his stay in office is also dependent on the people as vested on them by the Constitution, through their elected representatives in the National Assembly”.

The PDP therefore urged Nigerians to eschew all primordial sentiments and stand for the nation at this critical time.