THE Edo State Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that any
attempt by five members of the River State House of Assembly to impeach
the Speaker of the House or Governor Rotimi Amaechi may mark the end of
democracy in Nigeria.
Amaechi
The state
chairman of the party, Thomas Okosun who also was former Speaker of the
Edo state House of Assembly, described the Tuesday mayhem at the
Assembly complex as unacceptable and a test to our democracy, just as he
urged both the presidency and the National Assembly not to allow the
political situation in Rivers State lead to the end of this democracy.
His
words: “ What happened in River State at the House of assembly where
five members of the House attempted to impeach the Speaker in a House
made up of 32 members, where only five members who claimed to be loyal
to a serving Minister attempts to impeach the Speaker is a molestation
on democracy. We urge those behind it to desist from that.
“What is
happening in Rivers state if allowed can have a rebinding effect in
others states of the Federation. Therefore we want to say that what
happened deserved all condemnation, it is an attempted coup, it is a
molestation on democracy and should not be allowed to continue.
Instead
those five members should be properly sanctioned and those backing them
should be asked to desist from it including the police because it is
unheard of that five members in the house want to claim that they can
constitute a quorum in a House of 32 members, five members cannot
constitute a quorum.
“The worst still is that five members do not
constitute 2/3 of 32 members to attempt to impeach the Speaker or
anybody. Therefore I want to say that the governor of Rivers State as
the chief security officer of the state did well yesterday (Tuesday) and
deserved to be supported by all true democrats in this country
irrespective of political affiliation.
Vanguard
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