*Tuesday hot joint session of NASS I have never seen – Hon. Kazaure
*Warns Saraki, Dogara, says Buhari can’t be impeached
*Saraki, Dogara who harass lawmakers over contrary opinions are accusing Buhari of same – Sources
He added by citing the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume and that of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, despite court order, which sparked the crisis leading to the removal of the Mace at the Senate recently. He asked, “He asked, “How then could these same lawmakers now be accusing President Buhari of using security agencies to harass people with contrary opinion? And just look at their rented crowd protesting in Ilorin today (Tuesday). Does it mean that when police investigations affect a big man in power, he must not be touched? Now we must politicise national security. Is that what we are saying? But we say no. Heaven will not fall if, based on verifiable facts Saraki or anybody found culpable is taken to justice over his crime. Let that be a take home for them all. And they should be told that they are only looking for trouble that will neither affect the peace of the country nor anybody except them who cooked it,” he said.”
A House of Representatives member, Rep. Muhammadu Kazaure (Jigawa-APC), has exposed a plot by the Yakubu Dogara-led House of Representatives and Bukola Saraki-led Senate to impeaceh President Muhammadu Buhari but dissociated himself from the National Assembly’s plan.
This exposition by the lawmaker confirmed a report earlier on Tuesday by this online newspaper claiming that the sudden collapsing of both chambers into one joint session was not only suspicious but that the two leaders of the National Assembly, who only Monday pulled out of nPDP talk with the presidency, definitely were trying to be show of powers to President Buhari.
A joint executive session of the both chambers of the Assembly earlier on Tuesday passed a 12-point condition for the president to address urgently or face the invocation of the powers of the legislature.
At a news conference shortly after the ultimatum to the president by the lawmakers, Kazaure said that he would not be part of such decision.
”Nobody will impeach the president as far as we are alive in this House because that day, it will be a war day,” he said.
He said that there were senators and members of the house who would not support such move.
The lawmaker urged Buhari to intervene in the matter in the interest of the country and the All Progressive Congress (APC).
“I am sure the president will take serious action and the whole thing will stop.
”You are aware that in 2015, we didn’t have money, we didn’t have power and we never intimidated anybody.
“God gave us this power; so, there is no need for this government to intimidate anybody because of re-election matter or any other reason.
“By now, we should try and be good to people; this is what we should concentrate on,” he said.
He said that with increase in oil price, the focus of government now should be on how to give Nigerians better welfare package.
“The people are complaining not only about security but poverty, hunger; even in my constituency, the people are complaining about this.”
Kazaure said that he was not in support of Buhari allowing some people to create problems for him by frustrating those who had helped the party to win the 2015 elections.
“These people have assisted us; we don’t want them to go; we want them to come together and assist the president again.
“So, the president must call those people to order because we will lose many votes if this crisis continues.
“That is why we have to call the attention of the president into this crisis because it is degenerating,” he said.
According to him, since I came into the National Assembly, I have never seen this hot joint session.
“This is why I decided to convene this press conference because if the executive, legislature and the judiciary work together, we will succeed,” he said.
He said it was disheartening that the people who had worked with the president from 2003 till date have been sidelined.
The lawmaker, however, called on the president to reconcile all the differences among the politicians.
In the meantime, a source who spoke on the second impeachment threat citing harassment of people holding contrary opinion said “it is only surprising and seen as mere hypocrisy because every Nigerian knows that Saraki and Dogara have a style by which they do not allow members of their respective chambers express themselves on the floors.”
He added by citing the suspension of Senator Ali Ndume and that of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, despite court order, which he said sparked the crisis leading to the removal of the Mace at the Senate recently.
He asked, “How then could these same lawmakers now be accusing President Buhari of using security agencies to harass people with contrary opinion? And just look at their rented crowd protesting in Ilorin today (Tuesday). Does it mean that when police investigations affect a big man in power, he must not be touched? Now we must politicise national security. Is that what we are saying? But we say no. Heaven will not fall if, based on verifiable facts Saraki or anybody found culpable is taken to justice over his crime. Let that be a take home for them all. And they should be told that they are only looking for trouble that will neither affect the peace of the country nor anybody except them who cooked it,” he said.
