SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 -
Some Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) members of the House of Representatives loyal to President Goodluck Jonathan Saturday warned that they would not fold their arms and allow the House intimidate the president with threats of impeachment.
The members vowed that they would resist any attempt to remove the president from office because of the crisis in the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The members, who disclosed that they were not ready to impeach the Speaker, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, however, expressed their reservations with the way the speaker managed last week’s visit by the leadership of the New PDP to the House.
His action, according to a leader of the group, Hon. Bethel Amadi, amounted to an attempt to legitimise the PDP faction, chaired by Alhaji Kawu Baraje, on the floor of the House.
Speaking further, Amadi said they would fight any attempt to impeach the president, while warning Tambuwal that his position as Speaker could be in jeopardy should he continue to show his sympathy to the PDP faction.
However, the President’s Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak has insisted that the crisis in the ruling party, which has been blamed on the high stakes politicking in the run-up to the 2015 general election, would however not distract Jonathan from focusing on governance.
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