The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked the
National Assembly to rise beyond partisanship and save Nigeria from imminent collapse by immediately kick-starting the process of impeaching
President Goodluck Jonathan for gross misconduct.
In a statement issued in Lagos on Sunday by its Interim National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party said it is issuing this call with a high sense of responsibility and the strong
belief that the impeachment of the President is a legitimate constitutional option available to the National Assembly not only to
protect the nation's democracy but also to ensure the country's unity.
''Our country is drifting dangerously and our people are divided now perhaps
more than at any other point in our history, with the exception of the civil war period. There is a total failure of
leadership, even as insecurity, unprecedented corruption, palpable impunity, massive unemployment and hunger stalk the land.
''Since the raison d'etre of any government is the security and welfare of the
citizenry, and the present administration has failed to live up to the
justification of its existence, there can be no other definition of gross
misconduct than that.
''Therefore, the time has come for the head of that government, on whose desk
the buck stops, to be removed through the provisions stipulated in the
1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. This is the patriotic
thing to do,'' it said.
APC warned that if the National Assembly fails to act and do so very fast, it
will share with the clueless and feckless Jonathan Administration the eternal blame for bringing to naught the hard work of the
nation's heroes past and for crashing and dashing the hopes of millions of
Nigerians, especially the youth who are the leaders of tomorrow.
