Presidency on Wednesday replied to members of the opposition parties who staged a walkout after they moved to serve impeachment notice on President Muhammadu Buhari during Wednesday’s plenary.
It was reported that the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District at the upper legislative chamber of the National Assembly, Senator Francis Fadahunsi, has said the 9th Senate has all it takes to impeach Buhari.
The impeachment move was hinged on the incessant attacks on Nigerians by dreaded insurgents and the latest threats to overrun Abuja, the nation’s capital.
However, the members of the opposition party were resisted by some members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
Reacting to the development, Garba Shehu, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in a statement titled: “DETERMINED TO BE IN THE HEADLINES, PDP SENATORS ARE DIVIDED, CONFUSED,” criticized the lawmakers.
The statement read in part, “Addressing newsmen in his office shortly after the plenary, Senator Fadahunsi said, some APC lawmakers were in support of the impeachment move and the remaining naysayers would join the majority when the Senate resumes from the long vacation.
“The performative and babyish antics of those senators staging a walk-out notwithstanding, Senate President Ahmad Lawan’s refusal on Wednesday to entertain the ridiculous motion to impeach our President was quite appropriate and correct.
“Rather than making a mockery out of voters by trying to imitate what they see in America, the opposition would be well advised that their time would be better spent tackling the pressing issues Nigerians face, such as the current global cost of living crisis.
