63 Out Of 109 Senators From Both Parties Sign To Impeach President Jonathan?

.SIXTY-three senators as of Thursday have signed up to the plan to impeach President Goodluck Jonathan in the upper legislative chamber, The PUNCH learnt in Abuja.

One of the arrowheads of the move to remove Jonathan in the Senate showed our correspondent the list containing the signatures of the senators. The source said eight Peoples Democratic Party senators were among the signatories to the planned impeachment notice.

There are 109 members in the Senate.

120 Lawmaker Have Signed Notice For President Jonathan’s Impeachment

According to sources, more than 120 of the lawmakers have appended their signatures for the impeachment of President Goodluck Jonathan as soon as the House reconvenes in December.

Mohammed Zakari, chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, while reacting on it said “the notice of impeachment was not on the order paper today but I’m not foreclosing that some other things took place.”

 

BREAKING NEWS: Senate President, David Mark Shuts Down National Assembly

 In view of this morning's fracas between Police and the Speaker of the house Hon, Aminu Tambuwal, Senate President, David Mark  has shut down the National Assembly.
He did this in His capacity as Chairman of The National Assembly.  NASS To Resume Tuesday Next Week.
See more photos from the chaos below:

UPDATE: How Speaker Tambuwal Was Smuggled Into The Building

Police fired teargas at the National Assembly Thursday as security operatives barred the speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, and as hundreds of the speaker’s loyalists overpowered the security agents and smuggled him into the chamber

A large contingent of SSS personnel and police took over the sprawling complex early Thursday, and sealed off all entry points leaving only one open where everyone going in is thoroughly frisked and many, turned back.

Mr. Tambuwal had earlier managed to drive through the first gate of the complex before his convoy was stopped at the second gate.

HAPPENING LIVE!!! Minority Leader, Hon Rotimi Makinde $ Other Reps Scaling Assembly Fence To gain Access To Building (PHOTOS)

Seems the Federal government is hell bent on subverting the rule of law,  as policemen and SSS operatives stopped the speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, from entering the premises. 

 Tambuwal was forcibly taken into the complex by angry lawmakers protesting the action of the security personnel. The situation saw Law makers, including the minority leader, Hon. Rotimi Makinde jumping the wall of the assembly complex to gain access to the building.

The Police threw tear gars at them but the law makers would not be deterred.

Why We Wont Move Against Tambuwal As Speaker- APC

The All Progressives Congress, APC, Caucus in the House of Representatives says it will not move against the Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, in its quest to take over the leadership of the lower legislative chamber later this month.

It however said it was not certain about the fate of the deputy speaker, Emeka Ihedioha.

The leader of the Caucus, Femi Gbajabiamila, who disclosed this in a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Thursday, said the party had commenced moves to take over the leadership of the House upon resumption from the Christmas/New Year break.

APC, a merger of three parties, Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, Congress for Progressives Change, CPC, All Nigeria Peoples Party, ANPP, and a section of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, emerged the majority party in the 360-member House last month following the defection of 37 members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to it.

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