Why National Assembly can’t impeach Buhari – Arewa Youths

The Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, has faulted the National Assembly’s threat to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.

President of the ACF, Yerima Shettima described the National Assembly as a “toothless bulldog” who can do nothing to President Buhari.

Speaking with this reporter on Monday, the ACF President maintained that the impeachment threat by the National Assembly was done out of selfish interest, hence it won’t work.

The ACF President, who noted that such threat was only aimed at, “drawing out the Executive” stressed that constitutionally, the National Assembly lacked the muscles to carry out their threat.

According to Yerima, “I have stopped taking them seriously, they are not serious people. They have their problems and have not in any way showed that they are willing to do anything, otherwise this couldn’t have happened. You only get to hear when something goes wrong with them but when it has to do with Nigerians as a whole, they are silent.

“When it comes to their personal interest, they are busy threatening the President, I’m sure Buhari is busy sleeping over the threat. They can’t do anything, so there is no need analyzing their toothless bull dog threat.

“National Assembly don’t have the muscles, they can’t do anything. They are only trying to draw out the Executive due to their personal interest, but when it comes to doing it the constitutional way, National Assembly can’t do anything.”

The ACF President further rubbished allegations that lawmakers have started collecting signatures with the aim of enforcing their threat.

Reacting, Shettima said, “It’s a lie, quote me anywhere they can’t do anything, they are not straightforward people, they can’t do anything. The crop of people currently in the National Assembly don’t have good character.”

The National Assembly on June 5, threatened to use its powers against the President if he fails to end the current harassment of perceived political opponents by law enforcement agents.

The threat was born out of the refusal of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris to honour National Assembly’s invitation thrice, following the continuous killings perpetrated by suspected Fulani herdsmen in some states and the face-off between the police and embattled Senator representing Kogi West, Dino Melaye.

Despite the invitations, Idris had sent representative in the position of the Deputy Inspector General of Police, Department of Operations, Habila Joshak, a situation the senate frowned at, saying it was unacceptable.

Explaining the reason for the IGP’s refusal to honour the invitations, the police had said its Act and Regulation permits a senior officer of the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police and Assistant Inspector General of Police to represent Idris in an official capacity when permitted.

However, lawmakers during the joint session also resolved that the President must be held accountable for the actions of his appointees and must ensure a strict adherence to the rule of law.

A lawmaker from Jigawa State, Gudaji Kazaure, had alleged that there was a silent plot to impeach the President.

Speaking with reporters after the 3-hour long joint closed door session, Kazaure claimed that some lawmakers were mandated to collect signatures, an action aimed at impeaching President Buhari.

Despite the threat and alleged collection of signature, Kazaure, however, expressed dissatisfaction with his colleagues over the threat issued against the President.