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Following the call by the All Progressives Congress (APC) asking the National Assembly to begin impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan, the Presidency has warned that it will not tolerate what it described as the reckless and irresponsible utterances by the APC.
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the Presidency said it would not have dignified Lai Mohammed’s (APC’s National Publicity Secretary) utterances with a response, but thought it necessary to warn that the Federal Government would not let the nation be plunged into unnecessary crisis and political instability.
The statement read in part: “The Presidency totally condemns the decision by Alhaji Mohammed and his party to move further beyond the bounds of honourable and acceptable political conduct with the senseless call for the impeachment of a president who continues to sincerely devote himself to the discharge of the sacred mandate freely given to him by Nigerians. The APC, which remains a minority party with doubtful credentials in the National Assembly, knows full well that its attempt to hector and blackmail a parliament dominated by loyal members of the president’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), into an impeachment process, will come to nothing.
“The emptiness and hollowness of the APC’s call for President Jonathan’s impeachment will be obvious to all objective and discerning Nigerians who read through the statement issued by Alhaji Mohammed today. It was long on self-serving rhetoric and falsehoods, but lacked a single clearly defined charge on the basis of which any plausible impeachment proceedings against the president can be initiated.”
The Presidency also condemned what it described as an attempt by the APC to assail the integrity and honour of the Nigerian judiciary.
According to Abati, “Those who are threatening fire and brimstone should be ready for consequences of treasonable action. The APC’s false copy-cat allegation that 1,000 snipers are being trained by the Jonathan administration clearly shows that they are now in cahoots with some other elements who are bent on discrediting this administration and inciting the public against it.
“President Jonathan is running a people’s government. He does not need any snipers. His legitimacy comes from the people. Those who are alleging the existence of snipers should step forward and provide the evidence or shut up forever and go down in history as spineless cowards, driven by sheer greed and indecency.
“We dismiss the APC’s call for the president’s impeachment as opportunistic, partisan and ill-motivated.”
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the Presidency said it would not have dignified Lai Mohammed’s (APC’s National Publicity Secretary) utterances with a response, but thought it necessary to warn that the Federal Government would not let the nation be plunged into unnecessary crisis and political instability.
The statement read in part: “The Presidency totally condemns the decision by Alhaji Mohammed and his party to move further beyond the bounds of honourable and acceptable political conduct with the senseless call for the impeachment of a president who continues to sincerely devote himself to the discharge of the sacred mandate freely given to him by Nigerians. The APC, which remains a minority party with doubtful credentials in the National Assembly, knows full well that its attempt to hector and blackmail a parliament dominated by loyal members of the president’s party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), into an impeachment process, will come to nothing.
“The emptiness and hollowness of the APC’s call for President Jonathan’s impeachment will be obvious to all objective and discerning Nigerians who read through the statement issued by Alhaji Mohammed today. It was long on self-serving rhetoric and falsehoods, but lacked a single clearly defined charge on the basis of which any plausible impeachment proceedings against the president can be initiated.”
The Presidency also condemned what it described as an attempt by the APC to assail the integrity and honour of the Nigerian judiciary.
According to Abati, “Those who are threatening fire and brimstone should be ready for consequences of treasonable action. The APC’s false copy-cat allegation that 1,000 snipers are being trained by the Jonathan administration clearly shows that they are now in cahoots with some other elements who are bent on discrediting this administration and inciting the public against it.
“President Jonathan is running a people’s government. He does not need any snipers. His legitimacy comes from the people. Those who are alleging the existence of snipers should step forward and provide the evidence or shut up forever and go down in history as spineless cowards, driven by sheer greed and indecency.
“We dismiss the APC’s call for the president’s impeachment as opportunistic, partisan and ill-motivated.”
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