The Senator representing Bauchi Central and Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Isah Hamma Misau, has debunked the claim made in Uyo by former Governor of Lagos State, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, that the National Assembly was planning to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari.
Tinubu made the allegation at the rally to announce the defection of former Akwa Ibom State Governor and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, to the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the Peoples Democratic Party.
He however warned the legislators involved in the plot to desist because it would fail.
But Misau, in a statement, dismissed the allegation as a mere rhetoric designed to excite the people at the rally.
He expressed dismay over the statement saying that it was unexpected of a politician of Tinubu’s status.
His words: “I am surprised that a politician of Tinubu’s calibre will be playing politics with a serious issue like the impeachment of the President of the country just because he wanted to catch the attention of a crowd. Politicians at his level should not be engaging in unnecessary sabre-rattling and empty speculation.
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“We, members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Senate, have no plan to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari. There is no need for that process and we are not contemplating it. Our focus right now is to defend democracy and its institutions, fight for enthronement of rule of law, independence of the legislature and the judiciary and ensuring good governance.”
He challenged Tinubu to prove his claim if it was true.
“If Tinubu has any concrete, reliable and verifiable evidence to the contrary, he should come forward and prove it. A man like him should not be getting carried away by the crowd and making claims that have no basis.
“We therefore urge all Nigerians and members of the international community to ignore that claim. There is no basis for anybody to make such claim. It is a mere fabrication and a stunt pulled to please the partisan crowd to which it was uttered,” Misau stated.
