Nigerian governor supports impeachment move against President Buhari

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has lent his support as the National Assembly issues a six-week ultimatum to President Muhammadu Buhari to step up the fight against insurgency or risk being impeached.

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus of the Senate led by the Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda, on Tuesday, July 27th, 2022, angrily walked out of senate, as a way of staging protest against the failure of President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in Nigeria.

The minority leader and his colleagues later spoke to the Senate Press Corps where they issued a six-week ultimatum after which they will begin impeachment proceedings against President Buhari if he’s not able to put an end to insecurity in the country.

Governor Ortom made this revelation, Friday, July 29th, 2022 at the State Governor’s Lodge, Abuja, when he welcomed a delegation of some members of the National Assembly led by the minority leader who came to brief him.

The Governor described the decision of both the Senate and the House of Representatives to impeach the President as “patriotic” and, particularly commended some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, who have opted to do the ‘right thing’.

According to Ortom, Buhari has performed far below the expectations of Nigerians in solving both the security and economic challenges of the country and so needs to give way for a more competent person.

Aduda had earlier told Ortom that as a leader of the PDP in the North Central, the delegation considered it appropriate to brief him on the decision of the National Assembly to impeach the President.

He told the Governor that although the impeachment move was initiated by the Senate, the House of Representatives as well as a good number of the APC members have also joined.

Aduda was joined by Senator Orker Jev and Hon Samson Okwu among others.

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