The All Progressives Congress
(APC) caucus in the Senate at the weekend, vowed to resist any attempt by the
presiding officers of the National Assembly to initiate impeachment proceedings
against President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senate is set to reconvene on
Tuesday following the suspension of Walter Onnoghen as the Chief Justice of
Nigeria (CJN) and the appointment of Justice Ibrahim Muhammad as the acting CJN
by President Buhari.
But the leadership of the
National Assembly will be meeting today ahead of the emergency sitting.
Onnoghen is being tried by the
Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) over a non-declaration of some assets.
Speaking on behalf of APC
senators, former Senate Leader Ali Ndume told reporters in Abuja that the
President did not breach the constitution by his action.
He said, “As members of the APC
in the National Assembly, we will put the nation’s interest above any parochial
or sectional consideration in dealing with the issue.
“However, if anybody wants to
start another trouble in the Senate over the issue, we are ready. We have the
number; we have the strength because we constitute the majority.
“It’s just that the Senate
leadership wants to play to the gallery, otherwise, I don’t see the same
leadership that accused the judiciary of meddling in its affairs now moving
against the President for fighting corruption in that arm of government.”
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