Following allegations of an attempted coup plot by the Nigerian Senate, Majority Leader of the Senate, Sen. Ali Ndume, has disclosed that the impeachment of a president is a function of the two chambers of the national assembly.
The Leader of the Senate, Ali Ndume, stated this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Monday, July 25, 2016.
According to him, the impeachment process is a national assembly matter and not a senate matter.
“The impeachment process is a national assembly matter not senate. Senate alone cannot impeach the president. It is the national assembly that can impeach the president,” he said.
“It is the national assembly and it is by a two-third majority and by clearly stating impeachable offences served on the person if he fails to respond.
“It is a process, is a long tedious process and in this country we don’t even need that; we are not even contemplating it.
“Even if anybody contemplates on it, it is not going to work because this is APC senate; we have the majority. We don’t have a president that has issues of corruption, integrity, mismanagement.
“We have a president that is straight forward and he doesn’t have any mismanagement or abuse of due process.”