PDP Senators: No Plot To Impeach Buhari

PDP Senate CaucusPeoples 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 ā€œdissuade the PDP caucus in the National Assembly from participatĀ­ing in the alleged ā€˜ill 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 ā€œfalse, baseless and unfoundedā€.

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The statement read in part: ā€œFor 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.

ā€œBy 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: ā€œThe 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€

ā€œBefore 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.