By Bode Olagoke
Abuja
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that offences committed by the former governor of Adamawa state, Murtala Nyako, were not impeachable offences, even as it accused President Goodluck Jonathan of destroying opposition strongholds to ensure his re-election in 2015.
The party also disclosed that the Jonathan administration had committed many times the same offences being counted against Nasarawa state Governor Tanko Al-Makura, who is being threatened with impeachment.
Addressing a press conference yesterday in Abuja, the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said like they did in Adamawa, some N500 million had allegedly been moved to Nasarawa to induce the state’s lawmakers to impeach Al-Makura.
He added that in Edo state, each lawmaker had been offered N75 million to impeach Governor Adams Oshiomhole.
Oyegun, who queried Nyako’s impeachment, said the former governor’s offences, allegedly committed five years ago, were not impeachable when he was in the PDP, “but the moment he decamped to the APC, they became impeachable.”
The largest opposition party in the country accused the ruling party of carrying out evil machination in Ekiti and Adamawa, adding, “They have carried it to Nasarawa, and they have Edo, Osun and Rivers in their sights.”
He said: “The entire impeachment of Governor Nyako is so fraught with irregularities, bias, judicial contradictions and in violation of every procedural and constitutional provision that it is the worst manifestation of impunity.
“We intend to mount an immediate and rigorous challenge to this gross injustice to the party and people of Adamawa state.
“What is Governor Al-Makura of Nasarawa being threatened with impeachment for?
“In fact, only on the 10th of July, 2014, the Senate passed a resolution asking President Goodluck Jonathan to prepare and submit to the National Assembly supplementary budget to cover the over-expenditure in the sum of N90.693 billion (US$585 billion) for PMS subsidy in 2012 and the sum of N685.910 billion (US$4.430 billion) for kerosene (DPK) subsidy expended without appropriation by the National Assembly in 2012 and 2013.”
While answering questions from reporters, Oyegun said the APC would go to court due to many reasons which included the fact that Nyako was not personally served an impeachment notice as required by the Constitution.
