READ Atiku Reacts To Governor Nyako's Impeachment

Following the impeachment Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) led federal government against excessive use of power.

 



In a statement by his media office in Abuja, Atiku said impeaching elected public office holders to settle scores would only build tension in the country.

He explained that the excessive use of power is not good for decent democratic practice, saying triumphalism in the suppression of opponents is a bad omen for democracy.


According to PM report, Atiku decried the use of impeachment to settle scores by the PDP-led federal government, saying the the frequency with which elected officials were being removed from office by impeachment would destroy the whole purpose of inserting the impeachment clause in the Constitution, adding that it could not have been the intention of the framers of the 1999 Constitution.

He said the impeachment clause in the constitution was not put there to provide ammo to anybody to harass and humiliate opponents or force them out of office.Continue reading