Senators elected on the platform of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday denied their involvement in any alleged plot to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
They dismissed reports of the impeachment plot as “false, baseless and unfounded.”
The PDP Senators were apparently reacting to a statement by a former Chairman of the PDP Board of Trustees (BoT),Chief Tony Anenih, asking the National Caretaker committee Chairman – Alhaji Ahmed Makarfi, to “dissuade the PDP caucus in the National Assembly from participating in the alleged ‘ill advised’ adventure of removing President Muhammadu Buhari from office.”
The Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio; Minority Whip, Philip Aduda; and Deputy Minority Whip, Biodun Olujimi, said in a joint statement that the PDP Senate Caucus had “neither discussed nor participated in any discussion or congregation on the issue of impeaching and/or serving notice of impeachment on President Muhammadu Buhari.”
They asked Nigerians “generally to be cautious in spinning and/or peddling rumours capable of heating up the polity.”
They said their main concern for now is the national economy and not impeaching the president.
Their words: “By the admission of the Minister of Finance 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 unemployment, hunger, poverty and insecurity currently ravaging our country.
“The downturn in the economy is of more concern 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.
“Before the Senate proceeded on a six-week recess on Thursday, July 21, 2016 there was no such item as impeachment of President Buhari, on the agenda of the PDP Senate Caucus or that of the Senate.”
They pledged to work with other Senators to enact legislations that will uplift the living standard of Nigerians.
