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Reps want Buhari impeached over kidnap of Katsina students, others
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caucus in the House of Representatives has called for the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari over the abduction of over 300 schoolboys in Kankara, Katsina State, among other issues.
The caucus had earlier this month urged Nigerians to prevail on the National Assembly to begin an impeachment process against Buhari over the killing of 43 rice farmers by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State.
But the House dismissed the call for the president’s impeachment as an unpopular opinion of the caucus leader, Kingsley Chinda.
But Chinda renewed the call for President Buhari’s removal at a press conference attended by other members of the PDP caucus in Abuja.
He said: “We reinstate our call on Nigerians across all tribe, religion and political party to (1) awaken their Representatives and Senators to the realities of the moment and rescue Nigeria from this road to perdition by evoking their constitutional powers under Section 143 of the Constitution and commence impeachment proceedings against President Muhammadu Buhari for gross incompetence and breach of Section 14(2)(b) of the Constitution, and (2) call on members of the Federal Executive Council to resolve, under Section 144 of the Constitution, that this president is incapable of discharging the functions of the office.
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“With utmost concern about global anxiety caused by the wanton killing of some 43 Nigerian rice farmers in Borno State two weeks ago and most recently, the kidnap of hundreds of schoolboys at Kankara in the president’s home state, Katsina.
“The nation, including members of the House of Representatives, waited with bated breath for an address of reassurance from President Muhammadu Buhari as he promised but, without courtesy and in the characteristic manner of the present government, no comment is made.
“It is very pathetic that the APC-led Federal Government, in its avowed romance with lies and vile propaganda, continues to demonstrate a gross disregard for genuine discourse and democratic ethos.”
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