63 senators sign to impeach Jonathan

Just after the house of assembly gathered 160 signatures to impeach president Goodluck Jonathan,SIXTY-three senators as have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber.

However, eight Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)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 refused to disclose their names,told us 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.

“ 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.”Senator Ibrahim Musa (APC Niger North) has confirmed that there were moves by some members of the Senate to initiate impeachment proceedings against the President but failed to give details.

“I think there is something like that but I don’t have the details, it is still coming as a rumour,” Musa said.

We further learnt that the impeachment move against the President had really gained momentum with the APC senators mobilising themselves to carry out the exercise anytime starting from next week.