Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators have denied media reĀports that they were planning to initiĀate impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari.
They made the clarification in apparent response to a July 15, 2016 letter by former chairman, Board of Trustees of the party, Chief Tony Anenih, calling on the National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Senator Ahmed Makarfi to ādissuade the PDP caucus in the National Assembly from participatĀing in the alleged āill advisedā advenĀture of removing President MuhamĀmadu Buhari from officeā.
In a statement jointly signed by Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, Senate MinorĀity Whip, Senator Philip Aduda, and Senate Deputy Minority Whip, SenaĀtor Biodun Olujimi, the PDP senators described the said impeachment plot as āfalse, baseless and unfoundedā.
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The statement read in part: āFor the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state categorically that the said impeachment plot is false, baseless and unfounded. The PDP Senate Caucus had neither disĀcussed nor participated in any disĀcussion or congregation on the issue of impeaching and/or serving notice of impeachment on President MuĀhammadu Buhari, GCFR. Hence, we advise Nigerians generally to be cautious in spinning and/or peddling rumours capable of heating up the polityā.
The lawmakers said their priority was how to improve the downturn in the economic fortune of the country, not impeaching the president.
āBy the admission of the Hon. Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria when she appeared before the Senate on Thursday, July 21, 2016 at plenary, the Nigerian economy is technically in recession. Therefore, this is no time for politicking. Rather, we should all join hands together to address the problems of unemployĀment, hunger, poverty and insecurity currently ravaging our countryā, the PDP senators said.
The statement added: āThe downĀturn in the economy is of more conĀcern to us as PDP senators who are known patriots. Nigerians are passing through very difficult times and our immediate concern is how to assist in proffering solutions to the economic crises that we are presently faced with.ā
āBefore the Senate proceeded on a six-week recess on Thursday, July 21, 2016, there was no such item as impeachment of President MuhamĀmadu Buhari, GCFR, on the agenda of the PDP Senate Caucus or that of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeriaā.
They pledged to work with other senators to enact legislations that will uplift the living standards of Nigerians.