Apc reps to impeach jonathan

Members of the opposition All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives
yesterday threatened to commence impeachment
process against President Goodluck Jonathan if he
does not leave Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
alone.
They said they were fully prepared to go to any
length to defend Tambuwal against the treatment
being meted on him after his defection to the APC.
The APC lawmakers have equally gone to court to
forestall any move to reconvene the House from its
current 5-week break without the consent of the
Speaker.
The House had last Tuesday proceeded on a 5-
week break to reconvene on December 3, after
Tambuwal had announced his defection to the APC,
saying it was to give members time to participate in
their parties' primaries.
But there were reports that the presidency and the
PDP were pressurising Deputy Speaker Emeka
Ihedioha and other PDP principal officers in the
House to reconvene this week so as to begin an
impeachment process against Tambuwal.
The PDP has 188 members, while APC has 160
lawmakers in the House. Based on the constitution,
two-third of members' signatures, which is 240
lawmakers, are required to impeach a presiding
officer.
Addressing journalists yesterday, a front-line APC
member in the House Rep Abdulmumin Jibrin (APC,
Kano) said they would watch events of the coming
days and decide what to do accordingly.