IMPEACHMENT PLOT AGAINST JONATHAN GAINS MORE GROUND

        There are indications from recent happenings, that the plot to impeach the president of the Federal republic of Nigeria is getting stronger. Initially it was solely the house of reps but at present, some members of the senate have agreed to back up the plot, saying that the Jonathan administration has condoned more corruption than any other administration since 1999.
    The alleged plot was sparked up by the attack on the National assembly by some armed police men, who refused legislators access to the house.

In the senate, the major supporters of the impeachment plot are from the Northeast where the president intends to increase the emergency rule. This is because according to them, an extended emergency rule can not be cub the violence in the area.
 The leadership of the senate is working towards calming the situation as it seems.

According to a source, the Speaker is hinging his action on the fact that a court ruling exists that asks all parties to maintain the status quo over the issue of defection.

     Meanwhile the speaker of the house remains bent on getting a court injunction against the action of the President and the police. He has therefore set up a legal team to that effect.

 The legal team would look at the possibility of getting the court to declare that the action of the Presidency/Police is subjudice.

Also yesterday, the Minority Leader of the House and the leader of the APC Caucus in then Green Chamber, Femi Gbajabiamila, vowed that the opposition will not go to sleep in the House.

In a statement entitled: “We Will Continue to be Vigilant Against Unlawful Tactics of Jonathan, Gbajamiamila expressed sadness over the events that led himself and other members into scaling over the National Assembly gate before gaining entrance into the National Assembly on Thursday.

 He said; “What happened in the National Assembly yesterday (Thursday) will forever live in infamy. Never thought I would see the day when I would be forced to go over the assembly gates where I work to gain access into the chambers. But then our democracy has to be saved.”

Gbajabiamila expressed surprise that the Presidency, through its agents, could undermine a court injunction restraining them from acting against the Speaker,

“It was pretty clear the Presidency in spite of a court injunction wanted to do something sinister and illegal. They perfected the plot to stop the Speaker and the opposition leader from gaining entry.

“ My members were already in chambers waiting for me to come in so as to provide leadership and direction. Most of them had gone over the gate too. I had to do the needful to save our democracy. We thank God we foiled their evil machinations. We will continue to be vigilant”.

 Meanwhile, it is speculated that PDP members in the House are under fire from the Party and the Presidency for not delivering on the plan to remove Tambuwal on Thursday.

According to a source, the strategy was to hijack the plenary after the Speaker might have been prevented from gaining access into the National Assembly by the Police who were deployed by the Inspector General of Police for that purpose.

Trusted lawmakers from the PDP, with no allegiance to the Speaker, would then seize the House, and impeach the Speaker. The police would provide them cover and the Presidency would grant immediate recognition to the new Speaker, who naturally would have been the Deputy Speaker.

However, the plan was thwarted by the vigilance of the opposition lawmakers, who smuggled Tambuwal into the Chamber, where he took charge of proceedings before the PDP lawmakers could act.