The House of Representatives said yesterday
that it would not rush into taking a decision
on any motion regarding the impeachment of
President Goodluck Jonathan over the
lingering Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP,crisis. Chairman, House Committee on Media and
Public Affairs, Zakari Mohammed made this
known at a parley with newsmen at the
National Assembly. According to him, “Every issue will be looked
at according to its merit. The floor will
determine what happens. To now say we will
impeach Mr. X means we have made up our
minds on what we would do. “There must be issues that will generate
impeachment, and it is the floor that will
decide whether these issues are impeachable
or not.” He faulted the argument that the matter was a
PDP family affair and should not be taken to
the National Assembly; saying since the party
is in the majority whatever affects it affects the
entire House. “Whatever affects the PDP in the House will
definitely affect the colouration of the House.
With 208 members in the House, whatever
affects members of the PDP will be felt by all
of us”, he said. Mohammed urged the PDP to urgently resolve
the crisis in order to avoid a situation where it
will slide into the minority when 57 members
of the “New PDP” join ranks with the
opposition All Progressives Congress, APC,
which has 137 members.
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