Following the impeachment Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State,
former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has warned the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP) led federal government against excessive use of power.
Atiku Abubakar
In a statement by his media office in Abuja, Atiku said impeaching
elected public office holders to settle scores would only build tension
in the country.
He explained that the excessive use of power is not good for decent
democratic practice, saying triumphalism in the suppression of opponents
is a bad omen for democracy.
According to PM report, Atiku decried the use of impeachment to
settle scores by the PDP-led federal government, saying the the
frequency with which elected officials were being removed from office by
impeachment would destroy the whole purpose of inserting the
impeachment clause in the Constitution, adding that it could not have
been the intention of the framers of the 1999 Constitution.
He said the impeachment clause in the constitution was not put there
to provide ammo to anybody to harass and humiliate opponents or force
them out of office.
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