House of Reps caucus calls for Buhari’s impeachment over insecurity

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Caucus in the House of Representatives has called on Nigerians to Compel their representatives in the National Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.

Leader of the caucus, Rep. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers), in a statement yesterday, said Buhari should be impeached for gross incompetence and his continued breach of Section 14(2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution.

The PDP caucus wants members of the Federal Executive Council to invoke the provisions of Section 144 (1) of the Constitution by declaring the President incapable of discharging the functions of the office of President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

According to the caucus, the section provides, “The President or Vice-President shall cease to hold office, if by a resolution passed by two-thirds majority if all the members of the executive council of the Federation, it is declared that the President or Vice-President is incapable of discharging the functions of his office.”

The lawmakers said, “Nigerians are daily and defencelessly killed by terrorists and bandits, while the economy is being freely bled by public officers.”

The caucus stated that the reactions of the presidency and the military to killings of farmers in Zambarmari in Jere Local Government Area of Borno State, highlight, “crassness and lame-duck attitude that has for the past five years come to define the Buhari presidency.”

The PDP caucus noted that the body language of the government was worrisome as it emboldens terrorists in the country.

It regretted that, “Northern Nigeria has long become the vortex of massacres. From Buni Yadi, Gamboru, Baga, Gwoza, Shiroro, Konduga, Kawuri, Southern Kaduna to Benue and certainly everywhere else in Nigeria, lives are being snatched by insurgents, bandits and kidnappers who have no respect for the sanctity of life.

“While President Buhari idles in the typical fashion of Emperor Nero as our country burns, questions must be asked about his capacity to lead at a time that our country desires robust and responsible leadership that can pull it from the brink and rescue it from the insurgents, terrorists, bandits and kidnappers.

“President Buhari is unwilling to provide leadership to our fast collapsing country. Rather than take the proverbial bull by the horn, President Buhari ensconces himself in Aso Rock, typical of a mourner-in-chief, and issues press statements that make no meaning to a grieving nation.

“We call on Nigerians across tribe, religion and political party to wake up their National Assembly members and compel them to commence the impeachment process against President Buhari to save Nigeria,” it said.