TROUBLE FOR JONATHAN! Panic as Impeachment plot against Jonathan Thickens What started in the House of Representatives as a plot to initiate impeachment proceedings against President Goodluck Jonathan has spread to the Senate, according to indications yesterday. A growing number of Senators are said to be enthusiastic to team up with the Reps to get the President impeached. One hundred and thirty Reps were known to have signed up to support the plot on Thursday, but by yesterday, the figure had risen up to 148, sources close to the bid said. Like our facebook page for up-todate news fb/dailyreporters The plot was sparked by alleged growing impunity by the Federal Government, the latest being Thursday’s attack on the National Assembly by armed policemen who tear-gassed Reps and denied Speaker Aminu Tambuwal access to the Chamber,According to the Nation . Senate sources said yesterday that some senators were inclined to get President Jonathan impeached. The arrow heads of the plot in the Senate are from the Northeast where the President proposes to extend the emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States. The arrow heads, one source said, “have been meeting to plan how to convince and win other senators to buy into and support the pro-impeachment lawmakers.” The source said “things will get clearer by Tuesday 25 when the Senate will resume plenary.” But the source could not confirm if a register is already in place for interested senators to indicate their willingness to join the plot. “I know of a fact that there have been series of clandestine meetings where the plot was mooted,” he said. The senators say Jonathan must go to “save the country from unbridled impunity” by President Jonathan.” The source described Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly as “the height of impunity that must not be condoned by right thinking Nigerians.” The Senate leadership is said to be labouring to calm frayed nerves. A South West Senator who spoke on the plot noted that it is obvious “things will no longer be the same in the National Assembly.” Read more here= Daily Reporters please like the page
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